How To Install libunicorn2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libunicorn2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libunicorn2 is Lightweight CPU emulator framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunicorn2 on Debian 12.

What is libunicorn2

libunicorn2 is:

Unicorn is a CPU emulator which is based on the CPU emulation code from QEMU. Unlike QEMU, it focuses on the emulation of CPU code without a full system emulation, but with the goal to make the emulation extensible and easy to integrate in custom tools. Unicorn provides language bindings for Python, Ruby, and Rust (among others) and has instrumentation hooks for various CPU events. This makes Unicorn well suited for malware analysis and reverse engineering.

This package installs the shared library of Unicorn.

There are three methods to install libunicorn2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libunicorn2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libunicorn2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libunicorn2

Install libunicorn2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libunicorn2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libunicorn2

Install libunicorn2 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 libunicorn2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunicorn2

How To Uninstall libunicorn2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libunicorn2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libunicorn2

Uninstall libunicorn2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libunicorn2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunicorn2

Remove libunicorn2 Configurations and Data

To remove libunicorn2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libunicorn2

Remove libunicorn2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libunicorn2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunicorn2

Dependencies

libunicorn2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunicorn2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.