How To Install de4dot on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install de4dot on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is de4dot
de4dot is:
de4dot is a .NET deobfuscator and unpacker. It will try its best to restore a packed and obfuscated assembly to almost the original assembly.
Most of the obfuscation can be completely restored (eg. string encryption), but symbol renaming is impossible to restore since the original names aren’t (usually) part of the obfuscated assembly.
There are three methods to install de4dot 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 de4dot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install de4dot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install de4dot
Install de4dot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install de4dot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install de4dot
Install de4dot 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 de4dot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install de4dot
How To Uninstall de4dot on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the de4dot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove de4dot
Uninstall de4dot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall de4dot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove de4dot
Remove de4dot Configurations and Data
To remove de4dot configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge de4dot
Remove de4dot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove de4dot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge de4dot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install de4dot package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
