How To Install memdump on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install memdump on Debian 10.
What is memdump
memdump is:
Program which dumps system memory to the standard output stream, skipping over holes in memory maps. By default, the program dumps the contents of physical memory.
This program will not work if CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is enabled in kernel. Since 2.6 version, several kernels are enabling this option by default.
memdump is useful in security tests and forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install memdump 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 memdump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install memdump using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install memdump
Install memdump Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install memdump using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install memdump
Install memdump 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 memdump using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install memdump
How To Uninstall memdump on Debian 10
To uninstall only the memdump package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove memdump
Uninstall memdump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall memdump and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove memdump
Remove memdump Configurations and Data
To remove memdump configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge memdump
Remove memdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove memdump configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge memdump
Dependencies
memdump have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install memdump package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.