How To Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 on Kali Linux.

What is bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 is:

This empty package will, at the time of installation, download an appropriate FPGA bitstream for using the Nuand bladeRF in a hosted (USB-controlled) configuration. The FPGA bitstream will be downloaded from https://nuand.com/fpga/ and saved to /usr/share/Nuand/bladeRF.

This bitstream is for the bladeRF 2.0 Micro xA9 with the Altera Cyclone V 5CEBA9 FPGA.

Note that this will not upgrade the bladeRF itself. That can be done with the bladeRF-cli utility.

There are three methods to install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 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 bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

Install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 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 bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

How To Uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

Uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

Remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 Configurations and Data

To remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

Remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9

Dependencies

bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 have the following dependencies:

• wget

References

• bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bladerf-fpga-hostedxa9 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.