How To Install regripper on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install regripper on Ubuntu 22.04. regripper is perform forensic analysis of registry hives

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install regripper on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is `regripper`

regripper is:

Regripper’s CLI tool can be used to surgically extract, translate, and display information (both data and metadata) from Registry-formatted files via plugins in the form of Perl-scripts. It allows the analyst to select a hive-file to parse and a plugin or a profile, which is a list of plugins to run against the given hive. The results go to STDOUT and can be redirected to a file, that the analyst designates.

There are three methods to install regripper on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install regripper Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install regripper

Install regripper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install regripper

Install regripper 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 regripper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install regripper

How To Uninstall regripper on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove regripper

Uninstall regripper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall regripper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove regripper

Remove regripper Configurations and Data

To remove regripper configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge regripper

Remove regripper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge regripper

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install regripper package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.