How To Install snowdrop on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowdrop on Debian 12.
What is snowdrop
snowdrop is:
Snowdrop provides reliable, difficult to remove steganographic watermarking of text documents (internal memos, draft research papers, advisories and other writing) and C sources (limited distribution software, licensed software, or freely available code) so that: (1) leaks can be identified if the data goes public. (2) original source can be determined and demonstrated if part of the document is claimed by somebody else, copied without permission, etc. Snowdrop uses redundant steganography using four different logical channels, and should be proof to many modifications, including reformatting, spell checking and so on.
This package is useful in forensic investigations and security actions. It provides three commands: sd-eng, sd-engf and sd-c. sd-eng and sd-engf provide watermarking for draft-quality and fine-quality English language text documents, respectively, whereas sd-c provides experimental C source code watermarking.
Warning: Snowdrop is currently in beta, and may produce bad or corrupted results, especially when run on C source code.
There are three methods to install snowdrop on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install snowdrop Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install snowdrop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install snowdrop
Install snowdrop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install snowdrop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install snowdrop
Install snowdrop 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install snowdrop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install snowdrop
How To Uninstall snowdrop on Debian 12
To uninstall only the snowdrop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove snowdrop
Uninstall snowdrop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall snowdrop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove snowdrop
Remove snowdrop Configurations and Data
To remove snowdrop configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge snowdrop
Remove snowdrop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove snowdrop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge snowdrop
Dependencies
snowdrop have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install snowdrop package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.