How To Install libcapstone4 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapstone4 on Kali Linux. libcapstone4 is lightweight multi-architecture disassembly framework - library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapstone4 on Kali Linux.

What is libcapstone4

libcapstone4 is:

Capstone is a lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.

Features:

  • Support hardware architectures: ARM, ARM64 (aka ARMv8), Mips, PowerPC & Intel.
  • Clean/simple/lightweight/intuitive architecture-neutral API.
  • Provide details on disassembled instructions (called “decomposer” by some others).
  • Provide some semantics of the disassembled instruction, such as list of implicit registers read & written.
  • Implemented in pure C language, with bindings for Java, OCaml and Python ready to use and Ruby, C#, GO & Vala available on git repos.
  • Native support for Windows & *nix (with OS X, Linux, *BSD & Solaris confirmed).
  • Thread-safe by design.
  • Special support for embedding into firmware or OS kernel.
  • Distributed under the open source BSD license.

There are three methods to install libcapstone4 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 libcapstone4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcapstone4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcapstone4

Install libcapstone4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcapstone4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcapstone4

Install libcapstone4 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 libcapstone4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcapstone4

How To Uninstall libcapstone4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcapstone4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcapstone4

Uninstall libcapstone4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcapstone4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcapstone4

Remove libcapstone4 Configurations and Data

To remove libcapstone4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcapstone4

Remove libcapstone4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcapstone4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcapstone4

Dependencies

libcapstone4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapstone4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.