How To Install modem-cmd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install modem-cmd on Kali Linux. modem-cmd is send arbitrary AT commands to your modem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install modem-cmd on Kali Linux.

What is modem-cmd

modem-cmd is:

modem-cmd can be used to send arbitrary AT commands to a modem device over a serial line.

This means it can be used as a phone dialer:

$ modem-cmd /dev/ttyUSB0 ATDT123456

There are three methods to install modem-cmd 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 modem-cmd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install modem-cmd

Install modem-cmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install modem-cmd

Install modem-cmd 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 modem-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install modem-cmd

How To Uninstall modem-cmd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the modem-cmd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove modem-cmd

Uninstall modem-cmd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove modem-cmd

Remove modem-cmd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge modem-cmd

Remove modem-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge modem-cmd

Dependencies

modem-cmd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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