How To Install droidlysis on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install droidlysis on Kali Linux. droidlysis is Property extractor for Android apps

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install droidlysis on Kali Linux.

What is droidlysis

droidlysis is:

DroidLysis is a property extractor for Android apps. It automatically disassembles the Android application you provide and looks for various properties within the package or its disassembly. DroidLysis can be used over Android packages (apk), Dalvik executables (dex), Zip files (zip), Rar files (rar) or directories of files.

DroidLysis outputs:

  • A summary on the console
  • The unzipped, pre-processed sample in a subdirectory of your output dir. The subdirectory is named using the sample’s filename and sha256 sum.
  • A database (by default, SQLite droidlysis.db) containing properties it noticed.

DroidLysis can optionally use dex2jar to provide more information. It is free software but not currently in Debian, and must be separately downloaded into ~/.local/share/droidlysis.

There are three methods to install droidlysis 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 droidlysis Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install droidlysis

Install droidlysis Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install droidlysis

Install droidlysis 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install droidlysis

How To Uninstall droidlysis on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove droidlysis

Uninstall droidlysis And Its Dependencies

To uninstall droidlysis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove droidlysis

Remove droidlysis Configurations and Data

To remove droidlysis configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge droidlysis

Remove droidlysis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge droidlysis

Dependencies

droidlysis have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install droidlysis package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.