How To Install ext4magic on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ext4magic on Ubuntu 22.04. ext4magic is recover deleted files from ext3 or ext4 partitions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ext4magic on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ext4magic

ext4magic is:

ext4magic is a file carver (or file carving). It can be used when recovering from disasters or in digital forensics activities.

The deletion of files in ext3/4 filesystems can not be easily reversed. Zero out of the block references in the inodes makes that impossible. Experiences with other programs have proved that is possible restore sufficient information for a recover of many data files, directly from the filesystem journal.

ext4magic can extract the information from the journal and restore files in an entire directory tree, if the information in the journal are sufficient.

This tool can recover the most file types, with original filename, owner and group, file mode bits and also the old atime/mtime stamps.

There are three methods to install ext4magic on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ext4magic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ext4magic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ext4magic

Install ext4magic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ext4magic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ext4magic

Install ext4magic Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ext4magic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ext4magic

How To Uninstall ext4magic on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ext4magic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ext4magic

Uninstall ext4magic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ext4magic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ext4magic

Remove ext4magic Configurations and Data

To remove ext4magic configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ext4magic

Remove ext4magic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ext4magic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ext4magic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ext4magic package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.