How To Install ctfutils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ctfutils
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ctfutils
ctfutils is:
This package contains utilities to create, merge and dump contents of CTF files.
CTF (Compact C Type) format encapsulates a reduced form of debugging information similar to DWARF.
There are three methods to install ctfutils
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ctfutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ctfutils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ctfutils
Install ctfutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ctfutils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ctfutils
Install ctfutils 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ctfutils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ctfutils
How To Uninstall ctfutils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ctfutils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ctfutils
Uninstall ctfutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ctfutils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ctfutils
Remove ctfutils Configurations and Data
To remove ctfutils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ctfutils
Remove ctfutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ctfutils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ctfutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ctfutils
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.