How To Install winregfs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install winregfs
on Debian 9.
What is winregfs
winregfs is:
Winregfs is a FUSE-based filesystem driver that enables accessing of Windows registry hive files as ordinary filesystems. Registry hive file editing can be performed with ordinary shell scripts and command-line tools once mounted.
fsck.winregfs scans a Windows registry hive file for problems that indicate the hive has been damaged by hardware or software issues, reading recursively the key and value data structures in the registry hive.
This package provides mount.winregfs and fsck.winregfs commands. Winregfs is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts.
There are three methods to install winregfs
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install winregfs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install winregfs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install winregfs
Install winregfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install winregfs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install winregfs
Install winregfs 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 winregfs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install winregfs
How To Uninstall winregfs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the winregfs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove winregfs
Uninstall winregfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall winregfs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove winregfs
Remove winregfs Configurations and Data
To remove winregfs
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge winregfs
Remove winregfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove winregfs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge winregfs
Dependencies
winregfs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install winregfs
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.