How To Install dwarfdump on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dwarfdump on Kali Linux. dwarfdump is utility to dump DWARF debug information from ELF objects

Introduction

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

What is dwarfdump

dwarfdump is:

Dwarfdump is an application that can print the DWARF debugging information of an ELF object file in a human-readable form. It can also be used to check and validate manipulated DWARF sections.

This utility is part of dwarfutils.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dwarfdump

Install dwarfdump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dwarfdump

Install dwarfdump 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 dwarfdump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dwarfdump

How To Uninstall dwarfdump on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dwarfdump

Uninstall dwarfdump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dwarfdump

Remove dwarfdump Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dwarfdump

Remove dwarfdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dwarfdump

Dependencies

dwarfdump have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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