How To Install python-libewf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libewf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libewf
python-libewf is:
Libewf is a library with support for reading and writing the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF). This library allows you to read media information of EWF files in the SMART (EWF-S01) format and the EnCase (EWF-E01) format. It supports files created by EnCase 1 to 6, linen and FTK Imager. The libewf is useful for forensics investigations.
This package contains Python bindings for libewf.
There are three methods to install python-libewf 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 python-libewf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libewf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libewf
Install python-libewf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libewf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libewf
Install python-libewf 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 python-libewf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libewf
How To Uninstall python-libewf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libewf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libewf
Uninstall python-libewf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libewf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libewf
Remove python-libewf Configurations and Data
To remove python-libewf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libewf
Remove python-libewf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libewf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libewf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libewf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
