How To Install bitwise on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bitwise

bitwise is:

Bitwise is multi base interactive calculator supporting dynamic base conversion and bit manipulation. It’s a handy tool for low level hackers, kernel developers and device drivers developers.

Some of the features include:

Interactive ncurses interface Command line calculator. Individual bit manipulator. Bitwise operations such as NOT, OR, AND, XOR, and shifts.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bitwise

Install bitwise Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bitwise

Install bitwise 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 bitwise using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bitwise

How To Uninstall bitwise on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bitwise

Uninstall bitwise And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bitwise

Remove bitwise Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bitwise

Remove bitwise configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bitwise

Dependencies

bitwise have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncurses6
• libreadline8
• libtinfo6

References

• bitwise website

Summary

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