How To Install missidentify on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is missidentify

missidentify is:

Miss Identify (missidentify) is a program to find MS Windows type win32 applications. By default, it displays the filename of any executable that does not have an extension, as exe, dll, com, sys, cpl, hxs, hxi, olb, rll or tlb. It can also display all the executables regardless the extension.

Miss Identify is useful in forensics investigations.

There are three methods to install missidentify 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 missidentify Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install missidentify

Install missidentify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install missidentify

Install missidentify 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 missidentify using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install missidentify

How To Uninstall missidentify on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove missidentify

Uninstall missidentify And Its Dependencies

To uninstall missidentify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove missidentify

Remove missidentify Configurations and Data

To remove missidentify configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge missidentify

Remove missidentify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge missidentify

Dependencies

missidentify have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• missidentify website

Summary

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