How To Install memdump on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install memdump on Kali Linux.

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 Kali Linux. 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 on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove memdump

Remove memdump Configurations and Data

To remove memdump configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• memdump website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install memdump package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.