How To Install ht on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ht
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ht
ht is:
This program is a file viewer, editor and analyzer for text, binary, and (especially) executable files - in other words it is an advanced hexeditor and disassembler.
For more info (e.g. keybindings) see the README file!
- Supported file formats
- common object file format (COFF/XCOFF32)
- executable and linkable format (ELF)
- linear executables (LE)
- standard DO$ executables (MZ)
- new executables (NE)
- portable executables (PE32/PE64)
- java class files (CLASS)
- Mach exe/link format (MachO)
- X-Box executable (XBE)
- Flat (FLT)
- PowerPC executable format (PEF)
- Code & Data Analyser
- finds branch sources and destinations recursively
- finds procedure entries
- creates labels based on this information
- creates xref information
- allows one to interactively analyse unexplored code
- allows one to create/rename/delete labels
- allows one to create/edit comments
- supports x86, ia64, alpha, ppc and java code
- Target systems
- DJGPP
- GNU/Linux
- FreeBSD
- OpenBSD
- Win32
Please note that the program is called “hte” not “ht” as the package name suggests.
There are three methods to install ht
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 ht Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ht
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ht
Install ht Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ht
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ht
Install ht 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 ht
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ht
How To Uninstall ht on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ht
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ht
Uninstall ht And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ht
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ht
Remove ht Configurations and Data
To remove ht
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ht
Remove ht configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ht
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ht
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ht
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.