---
title: Install vmlinux-to-elf on Debian using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of vmlinux-to-elf for on Debian - Convert raw
  Linux kernel blobs to ELF files
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/debian
---

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# Install vmlinux-to-elf on **Debian**

# vmlinux-to-elf

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/debian#install)

#### Convert raw Linux kernel blobs to ELF files

vmlinux-to-elf is a tool to recover a fully analyzable .ELF from a raw kernel, through extracting the kernel symbol table (kallsyms)

Features:

* Take a raw binary blob or ELF kernel file as an input.
* Automatically detect and unpack the main compression formats used for the Linux kernel.
* Find and extract the embedded kernel symbols table (kallsyms) from the input file.
* Infer the instruction set architecture, endianness, bit size, relying upon other things on common function prologue signatures.
* Infer the entry point of the kernel from the symbols contained in the kallsyms table.
* Provide basic inference for the kernel base address.
* Unpack certain types of Android boot.img files, starting with an "ANDROID!" or "UNCOMPRESSED\_IMG" magic.
* Produce an .ELF file fully analyzable with IDA Pro or Ghidra as an output.

### Package name

* vmlinux-to-elf

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### License

* GPL-3.0+

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### Last updated

* Yesterday - latest/stable
* Yesterday - latest/edge

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### Contact

* [matrix.to](https://matrix.to/#/#vmlinux-to-elf:matrix.org "https://matrix.to/#/#vmlinux-to-elf:matrix.org")

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### Source code

* [github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf](https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf "https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf")

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### Report a bug

* [github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf/issues](https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf/issues "https://github.com/marin-m/vmlinux-to-elf/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/install/vmlinux-to-elf/debian#report-snap-modal)

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## Enable snaps on Debian and install vmlinux-to-elf

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
```

After this, install the snapd snap in order to get the latest snapd:

```
sudo snap install snapd
```

### Install vmlinux-to-elf

To install vmlinux-to-elf, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install vmlinux-to-elf
```

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