Install autopsy on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install autopsy
Learn how to install autopsy with the command sudo apt-get install autopsy on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of autopsy:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: autopsy
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install autopsy
Package Details | |
| Package: | autopsy |
| Version: | 2.24-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | graphical interface to SleuthKit The Autopsy Forensic Browser is a graphical interface to the command line digital forensic analysis tools in The Sleuth Kit. Together, The Sleuth Kit and Autopsy provide many of the same features as commercial digital forensics tools for the analysis of Windows and UNIX file systems (NTFS, FAT, FFS, EXT2FS, and EXT3FS). |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/admin |
How to install autopsy on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If autopsy is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L autopsy' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L autopsy Package `autopsy' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing autopsy:
After system update use the following command to install autopsy:
sudo apt-get install autopsy
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove autopsy from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the autopsy from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the autopsy following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove autopsy
Following command is used to remove the autopsy package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove autopsy
This will remove autopsy and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing autopsy with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge autopsy
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove autopsy
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with autopsy package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.