How to Install and Uninstall foremost Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "foremost" package

This tutorial shows how to install foremost on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall foremost on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: foremost
Priority: optional
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 120
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Raúl Benencia
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.5.7-6
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/f/foremost/foremost_1.5.7-6_amd64.deb
Size: 38422
MD5sum: 1717e121a410cd33dd6dc53153044c35
SHA1: 0745f035a2b05fd3a6ce8c111ebb020b3c8dab8d
SHA256: fc4d9031f3311b9ef3c62b0a71ef84cd8aadff0e60ad99d45e4ef8e1bf12c483
Description-en: forensic program to recover lost files
Foremost is a forensic program to recover lost files based on
their headers, footers, and internal data structures.
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Foremost can work on image files, such as those generated by dd,
Safeback, Encase, etc, or directly on a drive. The headers and
footers can be specified by a configuration file or you can use
command line switches to specify built-in file types. These built-in
types look at the data structures of a given file format allowing
for a more reliable and faster recovery.
Description-md5: a4c203200ff8fc06c24eec52adcd041b
Homepage: http://foremost.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu