How To Install bladerf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bladerf

bladerf is:

The Nuand bladeRF is an open-source software-defined radio (SDR) system, comprised of an RF transceiver, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a microcontroller driving a USB 3.0 interface, and a suite of host libraries and drivers to facilitate interaction with the device.

This package provides command-line tools for controlling the bladeRF.

There are three methods to install bladerf 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bladerf

Install bladerf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bladerf

Install bladerf 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bladerf

How To Uninstall bladerf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bladerf

Uninstall bladerf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bladerf

Remove bladerf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bladerf

Remove bladerf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bladerf

Dependencies

bladerf have the following dependencies:

• libbladerf2
• libc6
• libtecla1

References

• bladerf website

Summary

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