How To Install vdm_encode on Kali Linux

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install vdmfec

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is vdm_encode and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Kali Linux. This guide was written specifically with a server running Kali Linux in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install vdm_encode on Kali Linux. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install vdm_encode using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install vdm_encode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdmfec

Install vdm_encode using apt

Because vdm_encode is available in Kali Linux’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install vdm_encode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vdmfec

Install vdm_encode using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install vdm_encode by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vdmfec

How to upgrade (update) a single package vdm_encode using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the vdm_encode, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install vdmfec

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install vdmfec

How To Uninstall vdm_encode from Kali Linux

To uninstall only the vdm_encode package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vdmfec

Uninstall vdm_encode and all its dependencies

To uninstall vdm_encode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vdmfec

Remove vdm_encode with all configurations and data

To remove vdm_encode configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vdmfec

Remove vdm_encode completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to vdm_encode package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vdmfec

Extra info and code examples

VDMFEC implements Block ECC using a Forward Error Correction (FEC) code based on Vandermonde (VDM) matrices in GF(2^8) due to Luigi Rizzo. Given the FEC parameters K and N, with N greater than K, N blocks are written for every K input blocks in such a way that any K blocks are sufficient to reconstruct the data. That is, up to N - K blocks out of every group of N blocks may be lost without loss of data. Its primary application is intended to be in recovering data from unreliable media such as diskettes.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install vdm_encode using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the vdm_encode from Kali Linux.

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