How To Install upx-ucl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install upx-ucl on Kali Linux. upx-ucl is efficient live-compressor for executables

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install upx-ucl on Kali Linux.

What is upx-ucl

upx-ucl is:

UPX is an advanced executable file compressor. UPX will typically reduce the file size of programs and DLLs by around 50%-70%, thus reducing disk space, network load times, download times etc. The current version can compress executables for DOS, Linux/ELF (i386, amd64, ppc32) and some other files for different OS.

NOTE: This package is based on the UCL library, which is licensed under GPL.

There are three methods to install upx-ucl 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 upx-ucl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install upx-ucl

Install upx-ucl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install upx-ucl

Install upx-ucl 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install upx-ucl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install upx-ucl

How To Uninstall upx-ucl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the upx-ucl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove upx-ucl

Uninstall upx-ucl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall upx-ucl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove upx-ucl

Remove upx-ucl Configurations and Data

To remove upx-ucl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge upx-ucl

Remove upx-ucl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge upx-ucl

Dependencies

upx-ucl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install upx-ucl package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.