How To Install zydis-tools 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 zydis-tools on Ubuntu.
What is zydis-tools
zydis-tools is:
Zydis is a fast x86/x86-64 disassembler library. It supports all x86 and AMD64 instructions and many vendor extensions, doesn’t perform dynamic memory allocations, is thread safe by design and has no third party dependency - not even libc.
This package contains the command line tools.
There are three methods to install zydis-tools 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 zydis-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install zydis-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install zydis-tools
Install zydis-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install zydis-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install zydis-tools
Install zydis-tools 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 zydis-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install zydis-tools
How To Uninstall zydis-tools on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the zydis-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove zydis-tools
Uninstall zydis-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall zydis-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove zydis-tools
Remove zydis-tools Configurations and Data
To remove zydis-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge zydis-tools
Remove zydis-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove zydis-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zydis-tools
Dependencies
zydis-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install zydis-tools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.