How To Install exifprobe on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exifprobe on Debian 9.
What is exifprobe
exifprobe is:
Exifprobe reads image files produced by digital cameras (including several so-called “raw” file formats) and reports the structure of the files and the auxiliary data and metadata contained within them.
In addition to TIFF, JPEG and EXIF, the program understands several formats which may contain “raw” camera data, including MRW, CIFF/CRW, JP2/JPEG2000, RAF, and X3F, as well as most TIFF-derived “raw” formats, including DNG, ORF, CR2, NEF, K25/KDC/DCR and PEF.
This program is useful in forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install exifprobe on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install exifprobe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exifprobe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exifprobe
Install exifprobe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exifprobe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exifprobe
Install exifprobe Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install exifprobe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exifprobe
How To Uninstall exifprobe on Debian 9
To uninstall only the exifprobe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exifprobe
Uninstall exifprobe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exifprobe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exifprobe
Remove exifprobe Configurations and Data
To remove exifprobe configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exifprobe
Remove exifprobe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exifprobe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exifprobe
Dependencies
exifprobe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exifprobe package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.