How To Install xmount 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 xmount on Ubuntu.
What is xmount
xmount is:
xmount can be used to boot forensic disk images with QEMU, KVM, VirtualBox, VMware, or the like, since it supports virtual write access with redirection to a cache file.
xmount converts between multiple input and output disk image types on the fly, using FUSE (Filesystem in Userspace) to create a virtual file system representing the input image. The virtual representation can be in raw DD, DMG, VirtualBox VDI format, Microsoft VHD format, or VMware VMDK format; input images can be raw DD, EWF (Expert Witness Compression Format), or AFF (Advanced Forensic Format) files.
There are three methods to install xmount 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 xmount Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xmount using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xmount
Install xmount Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xmount using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xmount
Install xmount 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 xmount using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xmount
How To Uninstall xmount on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xmount package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xmount
Uninstall xmount And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xmount and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmount
Remove xmount Configurations and Data
To remove xmount configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xmount
Remove xmount configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xmount configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xmount
Dependencies
xmount have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xmount package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.