How To Install libscout 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 libscout on Ubuntu.

What is `libscout`

libscout is:

LibScout is a light-weight and effective static analysis tool to detect third-party libraries in Android apps. The detection is resilient against common bytecode obfuscation techniques such as identifier renaming or code-based obfuscations such as reflection-based API hiding or control-flow randomization.

LibScout requires the original library SDKs (compiled .jar/.aar files) to extract library profiles that can be used for detection on Android apps.

Unique features:

Library detection resilient against many kinds of bytecode obfuscation.
Capability of pinpointing the exact library version (in some cases to a set of 2-3 candidate versions).
Capability of handling dead-code elimination, by computing a similarity score against baseline SDKs.

There are three methods to install libscout 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 libscout Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libscout using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libscout

Install libscout Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libscout using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libscout

Install libscout 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 libscout using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libscout

How To Uninstall libscout on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libscout package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libscout

Uninstall libscout And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libscout and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscout

Remove libscout Configurations and Data

To remove libscout configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libscout

Remove libscout configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libscout configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscout

Dependencies

libscout have the following dependencies:

References

libscout website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscout package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.