How To Install libhivex0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhivex0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libhivex0
libhivex0 is:
libhivex is a self-contained library for reading and writing Windows Registry “hive” binary files.
Unlike many other tools in this area, it doesn’t use the textual .REG format for output, because parsing that is as much trouble as parsing the original binary format. Instead it makes the file available through a C API, or there is a separate program to export the hive as XML.
There are three methods to install libhivex0 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 libhivex0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhivex0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhivex0
Install libhivex0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhivex0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhivex0
Install libhivex0 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 libhivex0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhivex0
How To Uninstall libhivex0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libhivex0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhivex0
Uninstall libhivex0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhivex0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhivex0
Remove libhivex0 Configurations and Data
To remove libhivex0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhivex0
Remove libhivex0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhivex0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhivex0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhivex0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
