How To Install libdistorm3-3 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdistorm3-3 on Ubuntu 18.04. libdistorm3-3 is powerful disassembler library for x86/AMD64 binary streams

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdistorm3-3 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdistorm3-3

libdistorm3-3 is:

diStorm3 is a binary stream disassembler library project.

With diStorm3, no more parsing strings is needed. diStorm3 is really a decomposer, which means it takes an instruction and returns a binary structure which describes it rather than static text. This is great for advanced binary code analysis.

This package provides the shared library.

There are three methods to install libdistorm3-3 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 libdistorm3-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libdistorm3-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdistorm3-3

Install libdistorm3-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libdistorm3-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libdistorm3-3

Install libdistorm3-3 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 libdistorm3-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdistorm3-3

How To Uninstall libdistorm3-3 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdistorm3-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdistorm3-3

Uninstall libdistorm3-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdistorm3-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdistorm3-3

Remove libdistorm3-3 Configurations and Data

To remove libdistorm3-3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdistorm3-3

Remove libdistorm3-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libdistorm3-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdistorm3-3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdistorm3-3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.