How To Install exifprobe on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

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 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 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 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 exifprobe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exifprobe

How To Uninstall exifprobe on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exifprobe

Remove exifprobe Configurations and Data

To remove exifprobe configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• exifprobe website

Summary

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