How To Install osmo-hnbgw on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-hnbgw on Kali Linux.
What is osmo-hnbgw
osmo-hnbgw is:
An Open Source implenentation of a HNB-GW (HomeNodeB-Gateway), implementing the Iuh, IuCS and IuPS interfaces. It aggregates the Iuh links from femtocells (hNodeBs) and presents them as regular IuCS and IuPS towards MSC and SGSN (such as OsmoMSC and OsmoSGSN). It uses M3UA as signaling transport.
There are three methods to install osmo-hnbgw 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 osmo-hnbgw Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install osmo-hnbgw using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install osmo-hnbgwInstall osmo-hnbgw Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install osmo-hnbgw using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install osmo-hnbgwInstall osmo-hnbgw 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install osmo-hnbgw using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install osmo-hnbgwHow To Uninstall osmo-hnbgw on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the osmo-hnbgw package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove osmo-hnbgwUninstall osmo-hnbgw And Its Dependencies
To uninstall osmo-hnbgw and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmo-hnbgwRemove osmo-hnbgw Configurations and Data
To remove osmo-hnbgw configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge osmo-hnbgwRemove osmo-hnbgw configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove osmo-hnbgw configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmo-hnbgwDependencies
osmo-hnbgw have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libosmo-ranap3
- libosmo-sigtran5
- libosmocore16
- libosmoctrl0
- libosmogsm15
- libosmonetif8
- libosmovty4
- libtalloc2
- osmo-libasn1c1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install osmo-hnbgw package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
