How To Install rekall-core on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rekall-core on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rekall-core
rekall-core is:
The Rekall Framework is a completely open collection of tools for the extraction and analysis of digital artifacts computer systems.
Rekall supports investigations of the following 32bit and 64bit memory images:
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 and 3
- Microsoft Windows 7 Service Pack 0 and 1
- Microsoft Windows 8 and 8.1
- Microsoft Windows 10
- Linux Kernels 2.6.24 to 4.4.
- OSX 10.7-10.12.x.
Rekall also provides a complete memory sample acquisition capability for all major operating systems.
There are three methods to install rekall-core 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 rekall-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rekall-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rekall-core
Install rekall-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rekall-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rekall-core
Install rekall-core 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 rekall-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rekall-core
How To Uninstall rekall-core on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rekall-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rekall-core
Uninstall rekall-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rekall-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rekall-core
Remove rekall-core Configurations and Data
To remove rekall-core configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rekall-core
Remove rekall-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rekall-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rekall-core
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rekall-core package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
