How To Install libyara8 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 libyara8 on Ubuntu.
What is libyara8
libyara8 is:
YARA is a tool aimed at helping malware researchers to identify and classify malware samples. With YARA, it is possible to create descriptions of malware families based on textual or binary patterns contained in samples of those families. Each description consists of a set of strings and a Boolean expression which determines its logic.
Complex and powerful rules can be created by using binary strings with wild-cards, case-insensitive text strings, special operators, regular expressions and many other features.
This package provides a shared library.
There are three methods to install libyara8 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 libyara8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libyara8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libyara8
Install libyara8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libyara8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libyara8
Install libyara8 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 libyara8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libyara8
How To Uninstall libyara8 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libyara8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libyara8
Uninstall libyara8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libyara8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libyara8
Remove libyara8 Configurations and Data
To remove libyara8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libyara8
Remove libyara8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libyara8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libyara8
Dependencies
libyara8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libyara8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.