How To Install ckport on Debian 10

Learn how to install ckport on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ckport is portability analysis and security checking tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckport on Debian 10.

What is ckport

ckport is:

ckport is a tool to check already compiled binaries and libraries for porting and security problems.

It uses objdump to read the binaries and analyses calls and jumps to functions.

This package is architecture independent and can be used on non-host architecture binaries if an objdump tool for the target architecture is installed.

There are three methods to install ckport on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ckport Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ckport using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ckport

Install ckport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ckport using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ckport

Install ckport Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ckport using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ckport

How To Uninstall ckport on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ckport package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ckport

Uninstall ckport And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ckport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ckport

Remove ckport Configurations and Data

To remove ckport configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ckport

Remove ckport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ckport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ckport

Dependencies

ckport have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckport package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.