How To Install libewf2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libewf2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libewf2
libewf2 is:
Libewf is a library with support for reading and writing the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF). This library allows you to read media information of EWF files in the SMART (EWF-S01) format and the EnCase (EWF-E01) format. It supports files created by EnCase 1 to 6, linen and FTK Imager. The libewf is useful for forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install libewf2 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 libewf2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libewf2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libewf2
Install libewf2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libewf2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libewf2
Install libewf2 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 libewf2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libewf2
How To Uninstall libewf2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libewf2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libewf2
Uninstall libewf2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libewf2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libewf2
Remove libewf2 Configurations and Data
To remove libewf2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libewf2
Remove libewf2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libewf2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libewf2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libewf2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
