How To Install okteta on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install okteta on Kali Linux.
What is okteta
okteta is:
Okteta is a simple editor for the raw data of files. This type of program is also called hexadecimal editor or binary editor.
The data is displayed in two variants: as the numeric values of the bytes and as the character assigned to the values. Values and characters can be shown either in two columns (the traditional display in hex editors) or in rows with the value on top of the character. Editing can be done both for the values and for the characters.
Besides the usual editing capabilities Okteta also brings a small set of tools, like a table listing decodings into common simple data types, a table listing all possible bytes with their character and value equivalents, an info view with a statistic, a checksum calculator, a filter tool and a string extraction tool.
There are three methods to install okteta 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 okteta Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install okteta using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install oktetaInstall okteta Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install okteta using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install oktetaInstall okteta 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install okteta using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install oktetaHow To Uninstall okteta on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the okteta package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove oktetaUninstall okteta And Its Dependencies
To uninstall okteta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove oktetaRemove okteta Configurations and Data
To remove okteta configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge oktetaRemove okteta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove okteta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge oktetaDependencies
okteta have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install okteta package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.