How To Install python3-libewf on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libewf on Kali Linux.
What is python3-libewf
python3-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 3 bindings for libewf.
There are three methods to install python3-libewf 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 python3-libewf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libewf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libewfInstall python3-libewf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libewf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libewfInstall python3-libewf 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install python3-libewf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libewfHow To Uninstall python3-libewf on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the python3-libewf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libewfUninstall python3-libewf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libewf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libewfRemove python3-libewf Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libewf configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libewfRemove python3-libewf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libewf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libewfDependencies
python3-libewf have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libewf package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.