How to Install and Uninstall wipe Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 24,2024

1. Install "wipe" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install wipe on Kali Linux


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall wipe on Kali Linux:


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

Package: wipe
Source: wipe (0.24-9)
Version: 0.24-9+b1
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Size: 44672
SHA256: d95015e481fc56893392faa6c61a2470b0ef6d6485620f512974df4a31234dc5
SHA1: 97f73ac4d40590b35bb09ca28b90f701456dc21d
MD5sum: 47a39b71da00a3666db02d131795b1dd
Description: secure file deletion
Recovery of supposedly erased data from magnetic media is easier than
what many people would like to believe. A technique called Magnetic
Force Microscopy (MFM) allows any moderately funded opponent to recover
the last two or three layers of data written to disk. Wipe repeatedly
writes special patterns to the files to be destroyed, using the fsync()
call and/or the O_SYNC bit to force disk access.
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Wipe can permanently delete data in hard disks and flash drives (caution!
several writes can damage solid medias).
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This program is useful in anti-forensics and security activities.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://github.com/berke/wipe
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::privacy, works-with::file
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/w/wipe/wipe_0.24-9+b1_amd64.deb