How to Install and Uninstall steghide Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "steghide" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install steghide on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall steghide on Kali Linux:


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

Package: steghide
Version: 0.5.1-15
Installed-Size: 477
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libjpeg62-turbo (>= 1.3.1), libmcrypt4, libmhash2 (>= 0.9.9.9), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Size: 143988
SHA256: ae33e98a3a90e3ff968c4d0fe76627aeb8d5e9f0b6d48947c065fb1ebdb7db24
SHA1: 30e157a6c450b65ffc8ce9fafc4727f05597a1ea
MD5sum: b739686ce2828c6d8cfd0b8780c6d5e6
Description: steganography hiding tool
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.
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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.
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Steghide is useful in digital forensics investigations.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://steghide.sourceforge.net/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::cryptography, works-with::image, works-with::image:raster
Section: misc
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/steghide/steghide_0.5.1-15_amd64.deb