How To Install amtterm on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install amtterm on Kali Linux.
What is amtterm
amtterm is:
AMT (included in Intel vPro and Centrino Pro) provides out-of-band (OOB) management for Desktops and Laptops, using an agent integrated in the network adapter and in the motherboard.
Serial-over-lan provides a secure way to connect a remote computer, through a pseudo serial interface.
amtterm and gamt are two terminal tools to connect to that pseudo serial interface from a remote computer.
amttool is a script to gather information about and remotely control AMT managed computers.
Starting with AMT 9.0 Intel has removed support for the old SOAP protocol which is used by amttool. Only WS Management (added in AMT 3.0) is supported by recent machines. You can use wsmancli (see http://openwsman.sf.net) instead.
There are three methods to install amtterm 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 amtterm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amtterm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install amttermInstall amtterm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install amtterm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install amttermInstall amtterm 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 amtterm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install amttermHow To Uninstall amtterm on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the amtterm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove amttermUninstall amtterm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall amtterm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove amttermRemove amtterm Configurations and Data
To remove amtterm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge amttermRemove amtterm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove amtterm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amttermDependencies
amtterm have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install amtterm package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.