How To Install hyperion on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperion
on Kali Linux.
What is hyperion
hyperion is:
This package contains a runtime encrypter for 32-bit portable executables. It is a reference implementation and bases on the paper “Hyperion: Implementation of a PE-Crypter”. The paper describes the implementation details which aren’t in the scope of this readme file. The crypter is started via the command line and encrypts an input executable with AES-128. The encrypted file decrypts itself on startup (bruteforcing the AES key which may take a few seconds) and generates a log file for debug purpose.
There are three methods to install hyperion
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 hyperion Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hyperion
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hyperion
Install hyperion Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hyperion
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hyperion
Install hyperion 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 hyperion
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hyperion
How To Uninstall hyperion on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the hyperion
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hyperion
Uninstall hyperion And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hyperion
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hyperion
Remove hyperion Configurations and Data
To remove hyperion
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hyperion
Remove hyperion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hyperion
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hyperion
Dependencies
hyperion have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hyperion
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.