How To Install reglookup 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 reglookup on Ubuntu.
What is reglookup
reglookup is:
RegLookup is a system to direct analysis of Windows NT-based registry files providing command line tools, a C API, and a Python module for accessing registry data structures. The project has a focus on providing tools for digital forensics investigations (though is useful for many purposes), and includes algorithms for retrieving deleted data structures from registry hives.
Currently the program allows one to read an entire registry and output it in a (mostly) standardized, quoted format. It also provides features for filtering of results based on registry path and data type. The package provides the following commands: reglookup, reglookup-recover and reglookup-timeline.
There are three methods to install reglookup 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 reglookup Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install reglookup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install reglookup
Install reglookup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install reglookup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install reglookup
Install reglookup 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 reglookup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install reglookup
How To Uninstall reglookup on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the reglookup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove reglookup
Uninstall reglookup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall reglookup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove reglookup
Remove reglookup Configurations and Data
To remove reglookup configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge reglookup
Remove reglookup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove reglookup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reglookup
Dependencies
reglookup have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install reglookup package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.