How To Install apkverifier on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apkverifier on Ubuntu.
What is apkverifier
apkverifier is:
apkverifier is a simple command line tool that verifies the signatures on Android APK binaries. It can verify APK Signature scheme v1, v2 and v3 and passes Google apksig’s testing suite. It should support all algorithms and downgrade attack protection.
Because Android can handle even broken x509 cerficates and ZIP files, apkverifier is using the ZipReader from apkparser package and vendors crypto/x509 in internal/x509andr and github.com/fullsailor/pkcs7 (https://github.com/fullsailor/pkcs7) in the fullsailor/pkcs7 folder. The last two have some changes to handle some not-entirely-according-to-spec certificates.
Documentation on GoDoc (https://godoc.org/github.com/avast/apkverifier)
There are three methods to install apkverifier on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apkverifier Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apkverifier using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apkverifier
Install apkverifier Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apkverifier using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apkverifier
Install apkverifier 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 apkverifier using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apkverifier
How To Uninstall apkverifier on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the apkverifier package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apkverifier
Uninstall apkverifier And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apkverifier and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apkverifier
Remove apkverifier Configurations and Data
To remove apkverifier configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apkverifier
Remove apkverifier configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apkverifier configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apkverifier
Dependencies
apkverifier have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apkverifier package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.