How To Install plaso on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plaso on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is plaso
plaso is:
Plaso (plaso langar að safna öllu) is the Python based back-end engine used by tools such as log2timeline for automatic creation of a super timelines. The goal of log2timeline (and thus plaso) is to provide a single tool that can parse various log files and forensic artifacts from computers and related systems, such as network equipment to produce a single correlated timeline. This timeline can then be easily analysed by forensic investigators/analysts, speeding up investigations by correlating the vast amount of information found on an average computer system.
There are three methods to install plaso on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install plaso Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plaso using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plaso
Install plaso Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plaso using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plaso
Install plaso 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 plaso using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plaso
How To Uninstall plaso on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the plaso package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plaso
Uninstall plaso And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plaso and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plaso
Remove plaso Configurations and Data
To remove plaso configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plaso
Remove plaso configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plaso configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plaso
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plaso package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
