How To Install libemu-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libemu-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libemu-dev is x86 shellcode detection and emulation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemu-dev on Debian 10.

What is libemu-dev

libemu-dev is:

libemu is a small library written in C offering basic x86 emulation and shellcode detection using GetPC heuristics. Intended use is within network intrusion/prevention detections and honeypots.

libemu supports:

  • executing x86 instructions
    • reading x86 binary code
    • register emulation
    • basic FPU emulation
  • shellcode execution
    • shellcode detection
      • using GetPC heuristics
      • static analysis
      • and binary backwards traversal
    • Win32 API hooking

Using libemu one can:

  • detect shellcodes
  • execute the shellcodes
  • profile shellcode behaviour

This package has the development files.

There are three methods to install libemu-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libemu-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libemu-dev

Install libemu-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libemu-dev

Install libemu-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libemu-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libemu-dev

How To Uninstall libemu-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libemu-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libemu-dev

Uninstall libemu-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libemu-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemu-dev

Remove libemu-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libemu-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libemu-dev

Remove libemu-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemu-dev

Dependencies

libemu-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemu-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.