How To Install plaso on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plaso on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is plaso
plaso is:
This is a metapackage that depends on the Python 3 package of the Plaso libraries and scripts.
There are three methods to install plaso 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 plaso Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install plaso using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plaso
Install plaso Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install plaso using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plaso
Install plaso 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 plaso using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plaso
How To Uninstall plaso on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the plaso package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plaso
Uninstall plaso And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plaso and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plaso
Remove plaso Configurations and Data
To remove plaso configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plaso
Remove plaso configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plaso configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plaso
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plaso package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
