How To Install bfbtester on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bfbtester
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is bfbtester
bfbtester is:
BFBTester is great for doing quick, proactive, security checks of binary programs. BFBTester will perform checks of single and multiple argument command line overflows as well as environment variable overflows. BFBTester can also watch for tempfile creation activity to alert the user of any programs using unsafe tempfile names. While BFBTester can not test all overflows in software, it is useful for detecting initial mistakes that can red flag dangerous software.
There are three methods to install bfbtester
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 bfbtester Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bfbtester
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bfbtester
Install bfbtester Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bfbtester
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bfbtester
Install bfbtester 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 bfbtester
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bfbtester
How To Uninstall bfbtester on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the bfbtester
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bfbtester
Uninstall bfbtester And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bfbtester
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bfbtester
Remove bfbtester Configurations and Data
To remove bfbtester
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bfbtester
Remove bfbtester configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bfbtester
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bfbtester
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bfbtester
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.