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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "tlsh-tools" package

This is a short guide on how to install tlsh-tools on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: tlsh-tools
Priority: extra
Section: universe/admin
Installed-Size: 37
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jérémy Bobbio
Architecture: amd64
Source: tlsh
Version: 3.4.4+20151206-1build1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libtlsh0 (>= 3.4.4)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tlsh/tlsh-tools_3.4.4+20151206-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 11646
MD5sum: b0bc272fadcd5f57750b31091ad13777
SHA1: 717d762ebc8492e985975b2be092dcbaf1145b02
SHA256: d06f19744fd35365cc67221682a39fae776cde4198e1bd57258680a91d8c5677
Description-en: compare similar files using fuzzy hashing
The Trend Micro Locality Sensitive Hash is a fuzzy hash algorithm that can be
used to compare similar but not identical files.
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Identifying near duplicates and similar files is known to be useful to
identify malware samples with similar binary file structure, variants of spam
email, or backups with corrupted files.
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This package contains the tlsh_unittest utility, a command-line tool to
generate TLSH hash values and compare TLSH hash values to determine
similar files.
Description-md5: fd961a1d0ee125655162004151bfc300
Homepage: https://github.com/trendmicro/tlsh
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu