How To Install forensics-full on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-full
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is forensics-full
forensics-full is:
This metapackage install forensics-all, forensics-all-gui, forensics-extra and forensics-extra-gui packages, making available all significative tools for forensics activities provided by Debian.
If you want a desktop acting as a forensics station, this package is for you.
This package is also useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts to analyse desktops and networks after security incidents.
There are three methods to install forensics-full
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-full 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-full
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install forensics-full
Install forensics-full Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install forensics-full
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install forensics-full
Install forensics-full 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-full
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install forensics-full
How To Uninstall forensics-full on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the forensics-full
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove forensics-full
Uninstall forensics-full And Its Dependencies
To uninstall forensics-full
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove forensics-full
Remove forensics-full Configurations and Data
To remove forensics-full
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge forensics-full
Remove forensics-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove forensics-full
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge forensics-full
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-full
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.