How To Install dumpzilla on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dumpzilla on Kali Linux. dumpzilla is Mozilla browser forensic tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dumpzilla on Kali Linux.

What is dumpzilla

dumpzilla is:

Dumpzilla application is developed in Python 3.x and has as purpose extract all forensic interesting information of Firefox, Iceweasel and Seamonkey browsers to be analyzed. Due to its Python 3.x development, might not work properly in old Python versions, mainly with certain characters. Works under Unix and Windows 32/64 bits systems. Works in command line interface, so information dumps could be redirected by pipes with tools such as grep, awk, cut, sed… Dumpzilla allows one to visualize following sections, search customization and extract certain content.

There are three methods to install dumpzilla 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 dumpzilla Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dumpzilla

Install dumpzilla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dumpzilla

Install dumpzilla 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 dumpzilla using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dumpzilla

How To Uninstall dumpzilla on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dumpzilla

Uninstall dumpzilla And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dumpzilla

Remove dumpzilla Configurations and Data

To remove dumpzilla configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dumpzilla

Remove dumpzilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dumpzilla

Dependencies

dumpzilla have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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