How To Install grokevt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grokevt
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is grokevt
grokevt is:
GrokEVT is a collection of scripts built for reading Microsoft Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 event log files.
Currently the scripts work together on one or more mounted Microsoft Windows partitions to extract all information needed (registry entries, message templates, and log files) to convert the logs to a human-readable format.
This program is useful in forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install grokevt
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 grokevt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grokevt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grokevt
Install grokevt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grokevt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grokevt
Install grokevt 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 grokevt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grokevt
How To Uninstall grokevt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the grokevt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grokevt
Uninstall grokevt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grokevt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grokevt
Remove grokevt Configurations and Data
To remove grokevt
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grokevt
Remove grokevt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grokevt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grokevt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grokevt
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.