Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install stegosuite on Kali Linux.
What is stegosuite
stegosuite is:
Stegosuite is a graphical steganography tool to easily hide information in
image files. It allows the embedding of text messages and multiple files of any
type. In addition, the embedded data is encrypted using AES.
Currently supported file types are BMP, GIF, JPG and PNG.
Stegosuite is written in Java and utilizes the SWT toolkit for its interface.
There are three methods to install stegosuite 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 stegosuite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install stegosuite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install stegosuiteInstall stegosuite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install stegosuite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install stegosuiteInstall stegosuite 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 stegosuite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install stegosuiteHow To Uninstall stegosuite on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the stegosuite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove stegosuiteUninstall stegosuite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall stegosuite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove stegosuiteRemove stegosuite Configurations and Data
To remove stegosuite configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge stegosuiteRemove stegosuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove stegosuite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge stegosuiteDependencies
stegosuite have the following dependencies:
- default-jre
- libswt-cairo-gtk-4-jni
- libswt-gtk-4-jni
- libcommons-cli-java
- liblogback-java
- libslf4j-java
- libswt-gtk-4-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install stegosuite package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
