From 10661321b64082e658ce2edfc41b510a0e50148e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Carrier Date: Tue, 1 May 2018 18:13:52 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Added Linux / OS X instructions --- Running_Linux_OSX.txt | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ build.xml | 1 + 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Running_Linux_OSX.txt diff --git a/Running_Linux_OSX.txt b/Running_Linux_OSX.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..dc9c29a51a --- /dev/null +++ b/Running_Linux_OSX.txt @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +This document outlines how to run a packaged version of Autopsy on Linux or OS X. It does not cover how to compile it from source or the Windows installer. + + +* Prerequisites * + +The following need to be done at least once. They do not need to be repeated for each Autopsy release. + +- Install testdisk for photorec functionality +-- Linux: % sudo apt-get install testdisk +-- OS X: % brew install testdisk + +- Install Oracle Java and set JAVA_HOME. +-- Linux: Use the instructions here: https://medium.com/coderscorner/installing-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-16-10-845507b13343 +-- OS X: Use The Oracle website: https://www.java.com/ + Set JAVA_HOME with something like: export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home` in .bash_profile + + +* Install The Sleuth Kit Java Bindings * + +Autopsy depends on a specific version of The Sleuth Kit. You need the Java libraries of The Sleuth Kit installed, which is not part of all packages. + +- Linux: Install the sleuthkit-java.deb file that you can download from github.com/sleuthkit/sleuthkit/releases. This will install libewf, etc. +-- % sudo apt install ./sleuthkit-java_4.6.0-1_amd64.deb + +- OS X: Install The Sleuth Kit from brew. +-- % brew install sleuthkit + + +* Install Autopsy * + +- Extract the contents of the Autopsy ZIP file to a folder. +- Open a terminal and cd into the Autopsy folder. +- Run the unix_setup.sh script to configure Autopsy + % sh unix_setup.sh + + +* Running Autopsy * + +- In a terminal, change to the ‘bin’ directory in the Autopsy folder. +- Run Autopsy + % ./autopsy \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml index 8381cec295..a1ff9d665a 100644 --- a/build.xml +++ b/build.xml @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ +