How To Install ewf-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ewf-tools on Kali Linux.
What is ewf-tools
ewf-tools is:
Libewf is a library with support for reading and writing the Expert Witness Compression Format (EWF). This library allows you to read media information of EWF files in the SMART (EWF-S01) format and the EnCase (EWF-E01) format. It supports files created by EnCase 1 to 6, linen and FTK Imager. The libewf is useful for forensics investigations.
This package contains tools to acquire, verify and export EWF files.
There are three methods to install ewf-tools 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 ewf-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ewf-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ewf-toolsInstall ewf-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ewf-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ewf-toolsInstall ewf-tools 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ewf-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ewf-toolsHow To Uninstall ewf-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ewf-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ewf-toolsUninstall ewf-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ewf-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ewf-toolsRemove ewf-tools Configurations and Data
To remove ewf-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ewf-toolsRemove ewf-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ewf-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ewf-toolsDependencies
ewf-tools have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ewf-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
