How To Install edb-debugger-plugins on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install edb-debugger-plugins on Kali Linux.

What is edb-debugger-plugins

edb-debugger-plugins is:

edb is a graphical cross platform x86/x86-64 debugger. It was inspired by Ollydbg, but aims to function on x86 and x86-64 as well as multiple OS’s. Linux is the only officially supported platform at the moment, but FreeBSD, OpenBSD, OSX and Windows ports are underway with varying degrees of functionality.

This package provides the plugins that used by edb.

There are three methods to install edb-debugger-plugins 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 edb-debugger-plugins Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install edb-debugger-plugins

Install edb-debugger-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install edb-debugger-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install edb-debugger-plugins

Install edb-debugger-plugins 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 edb-debugger-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install edb-debugger-plugins

How To Uninstall edb-debugger-plugins on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the edb-debugger-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove edb-debugger-plugins

Uninstall edb-debugger-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove edb-debugger-plugins

Remove edb-debugger-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove edb-debugger-plugins configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge edb-debugger-plugins

Remove edb-debugger-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove edb-debugger-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edb-debugger-plugins

Dependencies

edb-debugger-plugins have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcapstone4
• libgcc-s1
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5gui5
• libqt5network5
• libqt5widgets5
• libqt5xml5
• libqt5xmlpatterns5
• libstdc++6

References

• edb-debugger-plugins website

Summary

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