How To Install forensics-extra-gui on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-extra-gui on Kali Linux. forensics-extra-gui is Forensics Environment - extra GUI components (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-extra-gui on Kali Linux.

What is forensics-extra-gui

forensics-extra-gui is:

This package provides the extra components for a forensics environment. All here available tools are GUI (Graphics User Interface) based. None of these tools were packaged by Debian Security Tools Team. This metapackage includes image viewers, audio and picture analyzers and movie and image (picture) viewers.

The idea is provide several packages via APT, to avoid forgetting something when creating a specialized environment, specifically designed to operate outdoor.

The following packages were included in this metapackage:

audacity, evince, gimp, gwenview, imview, linssid, packeth, packetsender, shotwell, sqlitebrowser, vlc, wireshark

This metapackage is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts.

There are three methods to install forensics-extra-gui 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 forensics-extra-gui 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-extra-gui using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install forensics-extra-gui

Install forensics-extra-gui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install forensics-extra-gui using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install forensics-extra-gui

Install forensics-extra-gui 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 forensics-extra-gui using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install forensics-extra-gui

How To Uninstall forensics-extra-gui on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the forensics-extra-gui package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove forensics-extra-gui

Uninstall forensics-extra-gui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove forensics-extra-gui

Remove forensics-extra-gui Configurations and Data

To remove forensics-extra-gui configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge forensics-extra-gui

Remove forensics-extra-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove forensics-extra-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge forensics-extra-gui

Dependencies

forensics-extra-gui have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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