How to Install and Uninstall memdump Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "memdump" package

Please follow the guidance below to install memdump on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall memdump on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                memdump
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the memdump package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: memdump
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.01-9
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Security Tools
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 45
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Suggests: lime-forensics
Filename: pool/universe/m/memdump/memdump_1.01-9_amd64.deb
Size: 14864
MD5sum: 7b18b2e2b8861662f018f6cd104f6ed5
SHA1: 403782458d55197e76e8744232cb8417bca1c33f
SHA256: e8220af8b9f0d368600eb3c939bd89feeda524884baa779e58dbb6efcb618595
SHA512: 5c1114797e4c7e57ade5e2b7d3a3f60fa48f311d6f76e4650efd4bc1c4a007fc5b3c3b34e9b26efa8f3b8011d2ce2509d997b22fd4d8a5feaa6084d2c84459d0
Homepage: http://www.porcupine.org/forensics/tct.html
Description-en: utility to dump memory contents to standard output
Program which dumps system memory to the standard output stream, skipping over
holes in memory maps. By default, the program dumps the contents of physical
memory.
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This program will not work if CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is enabled in kernel. Since
2.6 version, several kernels are enabling this option by default.
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memdump is useful in security tests and forensics investigations.
Description-md5: f55ca06ba385903ccb2274088165fc0a