How To Install libcapstone4 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 libcapstone4 on Ubuntu.
What is libcapstone4
libcapstone4 is:
Capstone is a lightweight multi-platform, multi-architecture disassembly framework.
Features:
- Support hardware architectures: ARM, ARM64 (aka ARMv8), Mips, PowerPC & Intel.
- Clean/simple/lightweight/intuitive architecture-neutral API.
- Provide details on disassembled instructions (called “decomposer” by some others).
- Provide some semantics of the disassembled instruction, such as list of implicit registers read & written.
- Implemented in pure C language, with bindings for Java, OCaml and Python ready to use and Ruby, C#, GO & Vala available on git repos.
- Native support for Windows & *nix (with OS X, Linux, *BSD & Solaris confirmed).
- Thread-safe by design.
- Special support for embedding into firmware or OS kernel.
- Distributed under the open source BSD license.
There are three methods to install libcapstone4 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 libcapstone4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcapstone4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcapstone4
Install libcapstone4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcapstone4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcapstone4
Install libcapstone4 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 libcapstone4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcapstone4
How To Uninstall libcapstone4 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcapstone4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcapstone4
Uninstall libcapstone4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcapstone4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcapstone4
Remove libcapstone4 Configurations and Data
To remove libcapstone4 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcapstone4
Remove libcapstone4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcapstone4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcapstone4
Dependencies
libcapstone4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcapstone4 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.