How To Install dc3dd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dc3dd
on CentOS 7.
What is dc3dd
dc3dd is a patched version of GNU dd to include a number of features useful for computer forensics. Many of these features were inspired by dcfldd, but were rewritten for dc3dd. * Pattern writes. The program can write a single hexadecimal value or a text string to the output device for wiping purposes. * Piecewise and overall hashing with multiple algorithms and variable size windows. Supports MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, and SHA-512. Hashes can be computed before or after conversions are made. * Progress meter with automatic input/output file size probing * Combined log for hashes and errors * Error grouping. Produces one error message for identical sequential errors * Verify mode. Able to repeat any transformations done to the input file and compare it to an output. * Ability to split the output into chunks with numerical or alphabetic extensions
We can use yum
or dnf
to install dc3dd
on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install dc3dd.
Install dc3dd on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install dc3dd
using yum
by running the following command:
Install dc3dd on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf
using the following command.
After updating yum database, We can install dc3dd
using dnf
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall dc3dd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the dc3dd
package we can use the following command:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dc3dd
on CentOS 7 using yum
and dnf
.