How To Install hexcompare on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexcompare on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is hexcompare
hexcompare is:
hexcompare is a curses-based utility to compare and identify differences between two binary files. These differences are then represented visually with an interactive block diagram. Hexcompare is useful in forensics cases when you have two files and you want to compare them to find out whether they are identicals or similars.
There are three methods to install hexcompare 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 hexcompare Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hexcompare using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hexcompare
Install hexcompare Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hexcompare using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hexcompare
Install hexcompare 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 hexcompare using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hexcompare
How To Uninstall hexcompare on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the hexcompare package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hexcompare
Uninstall hexcompare And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hexcompare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hexcompare
Remove hexcompare Configurations and Data
To remove hexcompare configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hexcompare
Remove hexcompare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hexcompare configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hexcompare
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hexcompare package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
