Re: [sleuthkit-users] Questions on new version
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From: Brian C. <ca...@sl...> - 2003-05-07 02:36:43
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Eagle Investigative Services <in...@ea...> said: > I've installed the 1.71 version of Autopsy and 1.61 version of Sleuthkit on > my SUSe Linux > machine and I have a couple of questions > > 1. When I run ./autopsy, I get the URL as usual, and I paste > it into my browser and the program runs. The bitmap image > however, shows 1.70, not 1.71. Is this normal? Yea, the graphic is for the major version which is 1.7X. If you click on the image, then it brings you to the 'about' section which has the exact version. > 2. What is the purpose of the symbolic link in the sleuthkit installation? > I created a directory called sleuthkit, and created the symbolic link, which > appears in that directory just fine. However, I'm not sure why I would link > a new directory > to an existing directory? Can anyone shed some light? You don't have to create the generic directory and the symbolic link. The installation will make a directory such as autopsy-1.71. The goal of the symbolic link is to just reference 'autopsy' and skip the version number. For example, /usr/local/autopsy links to /usr/local/autopsy-1.71. The generic directory is more useful for the sleuth kit than autopsy. Then, you can have all the binaries always in your path and you can install new versions of the slueth kit with out reconfiguring an older version of Autopsy. brian |