How To Install dwarf2sources on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dwarf2sources on Kali Linux.

What is dwarf2sources

dwarf2sources is:

dwarf2sources is a command-line tool to list the source files that were used to create a given binary and dump it in JSON format. The input files must not be stripped and must contain debugging information in DWARF format.

There are three methods to install dwarf2sources 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 dwarf2sources Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dwarf2sources using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dwarf2sources

Install dwarf2sources Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dwarf2sources using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dwarf2sources

Install dwarf2sources 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 dwarf2sources using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dwarf2sources

How To Uninstall dwarf2sources on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dwarf2sources package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dwarf2sources

Uninstall dwarf2sources And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dwarf2sources and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dwarf2sources

Remove dwarf2sources Configurations and Data

To remove dwarf2sources configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dwarf2sources

Remove dwarf2sources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dwarf2sources configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dwarf2sources

Dependencies

dwarf2sources have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1

References

• dwarf2sources website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dwarf2sources package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.