How To Install gpart on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpart on Kali Linux. gpart is Guess PC disk partition table, find lost partitions

Introduction

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

What is gpart

gpart is:

Gpart is a tool which tries to guess the primary partition table of a PC-type disk in case the primary partition table in sector 0 is damaged, incorrect or deleted.

It is also good at finding and listing the types, locations, and sizes of inadvertently-deleted partitions, both primary and logical. It gives you the information you need to manually re-create them (using fdisk, cfdisk, sfdisk, etc.).

The guessed table can also be written to a file or (if you firmly believe the guessed table is entirely correct) directly to a disk device.

Currently supported (guessable) filesystem or partition types:

  • BeOS filesystem type.
  • BtrFS filesystem type.
  • FreeBSD/NetBSD/386BSD disklabel sub-partitioning scheme used on Intel platforms.
  • Linux second extended filesystem (Ext2).
  • MS-DOS FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 “filesystems”.
  • IBM OS/2 High Performance filesystem.
  • Linux LVM and LVM2 physical volumes.
  • Linux swap partitions (versions 0 and 1).
  • The Minix operating system filesystem type.
  • MS Windows NT/2000 filesystem.
  • QNX 4.x filesystem.
  • The Reiser filesystem (version 3.5.X, X > 11).
  • Sun Solaris on Intel platforms uses a sub-partitioning scheme on PC hard disks similar to the BSD disklabels.
  • Silicon Graphics journaled filesystem for Linux.

Gpart is useful in recovery actions and forensics investigations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gpart

Install gpart Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gpart

Install gpart 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 gpart using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpart

How To Uninstall gpart on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gpart

Uninstall gpart And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpart

Remove gpart Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gpart

Remove gpart configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpart

Dependencies

gpart have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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