Information about the package, scalpel, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The scalpel package is designed for, Fast file carver working on disk images.
Package Name:
scalpel
Summary:
Fast file carver working on disk images
Description:
Scalpel is a fast file carver that reads a database of header and footer definitions and extracts matching files from a set of image files or raw device files. Scalpel is independent on used file-system and will carve files from FATx, NTFS, ext2/3, or raw partitions. It is useful for both digital forensics investigation and file recovery.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
2.0
Release:
1.el6
Size:
46 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the scalpel package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install scalpel
This command will install scalpel on the server.
yum remove scalpel
This command will un-install scalpel on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove scalpel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove scalpel
This command will un-install scalpel on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove scalpel when using the -y flag.
yum update scalpel
This command will update scalpel to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove scalpel, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update scalpel
This command will update scalpel to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove scalpel when using the -y flag.
yum info scalpel
This command will show you core information about the scalpel package.
yum deplist scalpel
This command will show you the dependencies for scalpel. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update scalpel
This command will check if there is an update waiting on scalpel. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.