How to Install and Uninstall disktype Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "disktype" package

Please follow the guidance below to install disktype on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                disktype
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "disktype" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall disktype on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                disktype
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the disktype package on Kali Linux

Package: disktype
Version: 9-12
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Joao Eriberto Mota Filho
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 40820
SHA256: 692cdd0664197d7f88e9219c32e1ad3d65e280317e30fb1e144aeb34c1737a9d
SHA1: dca6b3d33431c5a1a029b801977cc99057a6ea73
MD5sum: d7d415fea4b49885a7e611a0ce3bdd5b
Description: detection of content format of a disk or disk image
The purpose of disktype is to detect the content format of a disk or
disk image. It knows about common file systems, partition tables and
boot codes. This software can be used for forensics analysis.
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As of version 9, disktype knows about the following formats:
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File systems:
FAT12/FAT16/FAT32/exFAT
NTFS
HPFS
MFS, HFS, HFS Plus
ISO9660 (incl. Joliet, El Torito)
UDF
ext2/ext3
ext4 (patch from upstream CVS)
btrfs (patch from upstream CVS)
Minix
ReiserFS
Reiser4
Linux romfs
Linux cramfs
Linux squashfs
UFS (some variations)
SysV FS (some variations)
JFS
XFS
F2FS
Amiga FS/FFS
Amiga SFS
Amiga PFS
BeOS BFS
QNX4 FS
3DO CD-ROM FS
Veritas VxFS
Xbox DVD file system
Partitioning:
DOS/PC style
EFI GPT
Apple
Amiga "Rigid Disk"
ATARI ST (AHDI3)
BSD disklabel
Linux RAID physical disks
Linux LVM1 physical volumes
Linux LVM2 physical volumes
Solaris SPARC disklabel
Solaris x86 disklabel (vtoc)
Other structures:
Debian split floppy header
Linux swap
Disk images:
Raw CD image (.bin)
Virtual PC hard disk image
Apple UDIF disk image (limited)
Boot loaders:
LILO
GRUB
SYSLINUX
ISOLINUX
Linux kernel
FreeBSD loader
Windows/MS-DOS loader
BeOS loader, Haiku loader
Sega Dreamcast
Compression formats:
gzip
compress
bzip2
Archive formats:
tar
cpio
bar
dump/restore
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://disktype.sf.net
Tag: admin::recovery, hardware::storage, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::scanning,
works-with-format::iso9660, works-with::archive
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/disktype/disktype_9-12_amd64.deb