How To Install pev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pev on Kali Linux. pev is text-based tool to analyze PE files

Introduction

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

What is pev

pev is:

pev is a tool to get information of PE32/PE32+ executables (EXE, DLL, OCX etc) like headers, sections, resources and more.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pev

Install pev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pev

Install pev 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 pev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pev

How To Uninstall pev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pev

Uninstall pev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pev

Remove pev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pev

Remove pev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pev

Dependencies

pev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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