How To Install avr-evtd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install avr-evtd on Kali Linux.

What is avr-evtd

avr-evtd is:

avr-evtd is a simple and small user space interface to the Linkstation AVR micro-controller. It doesn’t have a lot of special features, but it’s main task is to provide ‘keep-alive’ messages to the Linkstation’s on-board AVR device.

This device controls/monitors the fan, various LEDs, timed power up and two buttons. This daemon provides the necessary initialisation to the device and also stimulates the LEDs depending on various fault conditions. It also monitors a power button (located at the front) and a reset button (located at the rear).

There are three methods to install avr-evtd 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 avr-evtd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install avr-evtd

Install avr-evtd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install avr-evtd

Install avr-evtd 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 avr-evtd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install avr-evtd

How To Uninstall avr-evtd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the avr-evtd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove avr-evtd

Uninstall avr-evtd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove avr-evtd

Remove avr-evtd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge avr-evtd

Remove avr-evtd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge avr-evtd

Dependencies

avr-evtd have the following dependencies:

• lsb-base
• libc6

References

• avr-evtd website

Summary

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