Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autopsy on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is autopsy
autopsy is:
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).
There are three methods to install autopsy on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install autopsy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autopsy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autopsy
Install autopsy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autopsy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autopsy
Install autopsy 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 autopsy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autopsy
How To Uninstall autopsy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the autopsy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autopsy
Uninstall autopsy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autopsy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autopsy
Remove autopsy Configurations and Data
To remove autopsy configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autopsy
Remove autopsy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autopsy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autopsy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autopsy package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
