How To Install libosmo-sigtran5 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-sigtran5 on Kali Linux. libosmo-sigtran5 is Osmocom SIGTRAN library (SCCP, SUA, M3UA and more)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-sigtran5 on Kali Linux.

What is libosmo-sigtran5

libosmo-sigtran5 is:

This is a shared library containing SS7/SIGTRAN related functionality, including connection-less and connection-oriented SCCP as per ITU-T Q.71x, M3UA (MTP3 User Adaptation) according to IETF RFC4666, SUA (SCCP User Adpatation) according to IETF RFC3868 as well as MTP-level routing function and handling of signaling links, linksets, ASPs, SGs, etc.

There are three methods to install libosmo-sigtran5 on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libosmo-sigtran5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-sigtran5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libosmo-sigtran5

Install libosmo-sigtran5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libosmo-sigtran5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libosmo-sigtran5

Install libosmo-sigtran5 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux 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 apt database, We can install libosmo-sigtran5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libosmo-sigtran5

How To Uninstall libosmo-sigtran5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libosmo-sigtran5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libosmo-sigtran5

Uninstall libosmo-sigtran5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libosmo-sigtran5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libosmo-sigtran5

Remove libosmo-sigtran5 Configurations and Data

To remove libosmo-sigtran5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libosmo-sigtran5

Remove libosmo-sigtran5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libosmo-sigtran5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libosmo-sigtran5

Dependencies

libosmo-sigtran5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libosmo-sigtran5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.