How To Install forensics-all on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-all on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is forensics-all
forensics-all is:
This package provides the core components for a forensics environment. All here available tools are packaged by Debian Forensics Team. This metapackage includes the most programs to data recovery, rootkit and exploit search, filesystems and memory analysis, image acquisition, volume inspection, special actions over the hardware and many other activities.
The following packages were included in this metapackage:
aesfix, aeskeyfind, afflib-tools, bruteforce-salted-openssl, cewl, chaosreader, crack or crack-md5, dc3dd, dislocker, ed2k-hash, ewf-tools, exifprobe, ext3grep, ext4magic, extundelete, fcrackzip, forensics-colorize, galleta, gpart, grokevt, guymager, hashdeep, hashrat, mac-robber, magicrescue, memdump, metacam, missidentify, myrescue, nasty, pasco, pff-tools, pipebench, plaso, pompem, recoverdm, recoverjpeg, reglookup, rekall-core, rephrase, rifiuti, rifiuti2, rkhunter, rsakeyfind, safecopy, scalpel, scrounge-ntfs, shed, sleuthkit, ssdeep, steghide, tableau-parm, undbx, unhide, unhide.rb, vinetto, volatility, volatility-tools, winregfs, wipe, yara.
This package is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts.
There are three methods to install forensics-all on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install forensics-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install forensics-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install forensics-all
Install forensics-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install forensics-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install forensics-all
Install forensics-all 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install forensics-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install forensics-all
How To Uninstall forensics-all on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the forensics-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove forensics-all
Uninstall forensics-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall forensics-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove forensics-all
Remove forensics-all Configurations and Data
To remove forensics-all configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge forensics-all
Remove forensics-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove forensics-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge forensics-all
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-all package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
