How To Install hexcompare on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is hexcompare

hexcompare is:

hexcompare is a curses-based utility to compare and identify differences between two binary files. These differences are then represented visually with an interactive block diagram. Hexcompare is useful in forensics cases when you have two files and you want to compare them to find out whether they are identicals or similars.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hexcompare

Install hexcompare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hexcompare

Install hexcompare 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 hexcompare using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hexcompare

How To Uninstall hexcompare on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hexcompare

Uninstall hexcompare And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexcompare

Remove hexcompare Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hexcompare

Remove hexcompare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexcompare

Dependencies

hexcompare have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libtinfo6

References

• hexcompare website

Summary

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