How To Install recoverjpeg on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install recoverjpeg on Kali Linux.
What is recoverjpeg
recoverjpeg is:
recoverjpeg tries to recover JFIF (JPEG) pictures and MOV movies from a peripheral. This may be useful if you mistakenly overwrite a partition or if a device such as a digital camera memory card is bogus.
This package provides these executables: recoverjpeg, recovermov, remove-duplicates and sort-pictures. The remove-duplicates is useful to remove duplicate files found. sort-pictures can be used to sort pictures according to exif date.
This package acts as a carver (data carving) and is useful in forensics investigations.
There are three methods to install recoverjpeg 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 recoverjpeg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install recoverjpeg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install recoverjpegInstall recoverjpeg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install recoverjpeg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install recoverjpegInstall recoverjpeg 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 recoverjpeg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install recoverjpegHow To Uninstall recoverjpeg on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the recoverjpeg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove recoverjpegUninstall recoverjpeg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall recoverjpeg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove recoverjpegRemove recoverjpeg Configurations and Data
To remove recoverjpeg configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge recoverjpegRemove recoverjpeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove recoverjpeg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge recoverjpegDependencies
recoverjpeg have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install recoverjpeg package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.