How To Install ddrutility on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddrutility on Kali Linux.
What is ddrutility
ddrutility is:
Meant to be a compliment to gnuddrescue. It is a LINUX based set of utilities to help with data rescue. Find what files are related to the bad sectors using a ddrescue logfile, special NTFS utility to find files related to bad sectors, create a domain logfile to use with ddrescue to only recover the used portion of an NTFS partition, create a domain logfile to use with ddrescue to focus on recovering the MFT of an NTFS partition and perform some advanced disk read functions.
There are three methods to install ddrutility on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ddrutility Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ddrutility using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ddrutilityInstall ddrutility Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ddrutility using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ddrutilityInstall ddrutility Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ddrutility using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ddrutilityHow To Uninstall ddrutility on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ddrutility package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ddrutilityUninstall ddrutility And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ddrutility and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ddrutilityRemove ddrutility Configurations and Data
To remove ddrutility configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ddrutilityRemove ddrutility configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ddrutility configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ddrutilityDependencies
ddrutility have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ddrutility package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.