How To Install okteta on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install okteta on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is okteta
okteta is:
Okteta is a simple editor for the raw data of files. This type of program is also called hexadecimal editor or binary editor.
The data is displayed in two variants: as the numeric values of the bytes and as the character assigned to the values. Values and characters can be shown either in two columns (the traditional display in hex editors) or in rows with the value on top of the character. Editing can be done both for the values and for the characters.
Besides the usual editing capabilities Okteta also brings a small set of tools, like a table listing decodings into common simple data types, a table listing all possible bytes with their character and value equivalents, an info view with a statistic, a checksum calculator, a filter tool and a string extraction tool.
There are three methods to install okteta 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 okteta Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install okteta using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install okteta
Install okteta Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install okteta using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install okteta
Install okteta 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 okteta using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install okteta
How To Uninstall okteta on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the okteta package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove okteta
Uninstall okteta And Its Dependencies
To uninstall okteta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove okteta
Remove okteta Configurations and Data
To remove okteta configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge okteta
Remove okteta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove okteta configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge okteta
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install okteta package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
