Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install steghide-doc on Kali Linux.
What is steghide-doc
steghide-doc is:
Steghide is steganography program which hides bits of a data file
in some of the least significant bits of another file in such a way
that the existence of the data file is not visible and cannot be proven.
Steghide is designed to be portable and configurable and features hiding
data in bmp, jpeg, wav and au files, blowfish encryption, MD5 hashing of
passphrases to blowfish keys, and pseudo-random distribution of hidden bits
in the container data.
These packages contains the common documentation files.
There are three methods to install steghide-doc on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install steghide-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install steghide-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install steghide-docInstall steghide-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install steghide-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install steghide-doc
Install steghide-doc Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install steghide-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install steghide-doc
How To Uninstall steghide-doc on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the steghide-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove steghide-doc
Uninstall steghide-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall steghide-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove steghide-doc
Remove steghide-doc Configurations and Data
To remove steghide-doc configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge steghide-doc
Remove steghide-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove steghide-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge steghide-doc
Dependencies
steghide-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install steghide-doc package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
