How to Install and Uninstall libewf-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libewf-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libewf-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libewf-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libewf-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libewf-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: libewf-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 2576
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Forensics
Architecture: amd64
Source: libewf
Version: 20140608-6
Depends: libewf2 (= 20140608-6), zlib1g-dev, libbfio-dev (>= 20130507)
Filename: pool/universe/libe/libewf/libewf-dev_20140608-6_amd64.deb
Size: 496686
MD5sum: a4f8990786284d7f821d9049c549435e
SHA1: b4f090278b222bd7000651d3f76980ecfbdd559b
SHA256: fbe0717c4863e8afac1e322a7bcc1adcc59c96b7e5de19edb8805ebe0a450b8c
Description-en: support for Expert Witness Compression format (development)
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 the development files.
Description-md5: 449544984548f9f0e22b92d318dcc0eb
Homepage: https://github.com/libyal/libewf
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu