How To Install pax-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pax-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pax-utils
pax-utils is:
This is a small set of various PaX aware and related utilities for ELF binaries. It can check ELF binary files and running processes for issues that might be relevant when using ELF binaries along with PaX, such as non-PIC code or executable stack and heap.
This package installs: dumpelf, lddtree, pspax, scanelf, scanmacho and symtree.
There are three methods to install pax-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pax-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pax-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pax-utils
Install pax-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pax-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pax-utils
Install pax-utils 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install pax-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pax-utils
How To Uninstall pax-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pax-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pax-utils
Uninstall pax-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pax-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pax-utils
Remove pax-utils Configurations and Data
To remove pax-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pax-utils
Remove pax-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pax-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pax-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pax-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.