How To Install openmcdf on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install openmcdf on Kali Linux. openmcdf is Structured Storage Explorer

Introduction

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

What is openmcdf

openmcdf is:

OpenMCDF is a 100% managed CLI component that allows client applications to manipulate COM structured storage files, also known as Microsoft Compound Document Format files.

This file format is used under the hood by a lot of applications: the files created by Microsoft Office until the 2007 product release are all structured storage files. They include multiple streams of information (document summary, user data) in a single physical container (the file). Also the omnipresent Thumbs.db, used by Windows as thumbnails cache, is a structured storage file.

OpenMCDF makes available to the developer an easy interface to read, write, add and remove structured storage primitives. Structured storage items are organized in a hierarchical tree where ‘storage’ nodes act like a directory and ‘stream’ nodes like a file. Developers can use OpenMCDF to view storages and streams, traverse hierarchical trees of items, explore existing compound file and modify them or create a new compound file from scratch.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install openmcdf

Install openmcdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install openmcdf

Install openmcdf 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 openmcdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openmcdf

How To Uninstall openmcdf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove openmcdf

Uninstall openmcdf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openmcdf

Remove openmcdf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge openmcdf

Remove openmcdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openmcdf

Dependencies

openmcdf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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