How To Install hexyl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hexyl on Kali Linux. hexyl is Command-line hex viewer with colored output

Introduction

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

What is hexyl

hexyl is:

hexyl is a simple hex viewer for the terminal. It uses colored output to distinguish different categories of bytes (NULL bytes, printable ASCII characters, ASCII whitespace characters, other ASCII characters and non-ASCII).

This package contains the following binaries built from the Rust crate “hexyl”:

  • hexyl

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hexyl

Install hexyl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hexyl

Install hexyl 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 hexyl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hexyl

How To Uninstall hexyl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hexyl

Uninstall hexyl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexyl

Remove hexyl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hexyl

Remove hexyl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexyl

Dependencies

hexyl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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