How to Install and Uninstall ewf-tools Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "ewf-tools" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ewf-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ewf-tools" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ewf-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ewf-tools
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ewf-tools package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ewf-tools
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 5973
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Architecture: amd64
Source: libewf
Version: 20140608-6
Replaces: libewf1 (<< 20090606+debian-1)
Depends: libbfio1 (>= 20120425), libc6 (>= 2.14), libewf2 (= 20140608-6), libfuse2 (>= 2.6), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16)
Conflicts: libewf1 (<< 20090606+debian-1)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libewf/ewf-tools_20140608-6_amd64.deb
Size: 611346
MD5sum: c7058bd17249b120837568f3e6fc0f4a
SHA1: 8f9f5422a531adec9bfe0b515b982871034c09e5
SHA256: 1f8ea324b797c59dff8ed623bdf5650ad411b04ca77682da40e22275c010a799
Description-en: collection of tools for reading and writing EWF files
Libewf is a library with support for reading and writing the Expert Witness
Compression Format (EWF).
This library allows you to read media information of EWF files in the SMART
(EWF-S01) format and the EnCase (EWF-E01) format. It supports files created
by EnCase 1 to 6, linen and FTK Imager. The libewf is useful for forensics
investigations.
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This package contains tools to acquire, verify and export EWF files.
Description-md5: a239a460d54374da59b5d48cafc00166
Homepage: https://github.com/libyal/libewf
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu