How To Install forensics-extra-gui 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 forensics-extra-gui on Ubuntu.
What is forensics-extra-gui
forensics-extra-gui is:
This package provides the extra components for a forensics environment. All here available tools are GUI (Graphics User Interface) based. None of these tools were packaged by Debian Security Tools Team. This metapackage includes image viewers, audio and picture analyzers and movie and image (picture) viewers.
The idea is provide several packages via APT, to avoid forgetting something when creating a specialized environment, specifically designed to operate outdoor.
The following packages were included in this metapackage:
audacity, evince, gimp, gwenview, linssid, packeth, packetsender, shotwell, sqlitebrowser, vlc, wireshark
This metapackage is useful for pentesters, ethical hackers and forensics experts.
There are three methods to install forensics-extra-gui 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 forensics-extra-gui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install forensics-extra-gui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install forensics-extra-gui
Install forensics-extra-gui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install forensics-extra-gui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install forensics-extra-gui
Install forensics-extra-gui 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 forensics-extra-gui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install forensics-extra-gui
How To Uninstall forensics-extra-gui on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the forensics-extra-gui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove forensics-extra-gui
Uninstall forensics-extra-gui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall forensics-extra-gui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove forensics-extra-gui
Remove forensics-extra-gui Configurations and Data
To remove forensics-extra-gui configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge forensics-extra-gui
Remove forensics-extra-gui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove forensics-extra-gui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge forensics-extra-gui
Dependencies
forensics-extra-gui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install forensics-extra-gui package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.