How To Install foremost on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is foremost

foremost is:

Foremost is a forensic program to recover lost files based on their headers, footers, and internal data structures.

Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd, Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. The headers and footers can be specified by a configuration file or you can use command line switches to specify built-in file types. These built-in types look at the data structures of a given file format allowing for a more reliable and faster recovery.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install foremost

Install foremost Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install foremost

Install foremost 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 foremost using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install foremost

How To Uninstall foremost on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove foremost

Uninstall foremost And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove foremost

Remove foremost Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge foremost

Remove foremost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foremost

Dependencies

foremost have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• foremost website

Summary

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