How To Install adb on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adb on Kali Linux.

What is adb

adb is:

A versatile command line tool that lets you communicate with an emulator instance or connected Android-powered device.

This package recommends “android-sdk-platform-tools-common” which contains the udev rules for Android devices. Without this package, adb and fastboot need to be running with root permission.

There are three methods to install adb 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 adb Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install adb

Install adb Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install adb using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install adb

Install adb 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 adb using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install adb

How To Uninstall adb on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the adb package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove adb

Uninstall adb And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove adb

Remove adb Configurations and Data

To remove adb configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge adb

Remove adb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adb

Dependencies

adb have the following dependencies:

• android-libadb

References

• adb website

Summary

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