How To Install blueranger on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install blueranger
on Kali Linux.
What is blueranger
blueranger is:
BlueRanger is a simple Bash script which uses Link Quality to locate Bluetooth device radios. It sends l2cap (Bluetooth) pings to create a connection between Bluetooth interfaces, since most devices allow pings without any authentication or authorization. The higher the link quality, the closer the device (in theory).
Use a Bluetooth Class 1 adapter for long range location detection. Switch to a Class 3 adapter for more precise short range locating. The recision and accuracy depend on the build quality of the Bluetooth adapter, interference, and response from the remote device. Fluctuations may occur even when neither device is in motion.
There are three methods to install blueranger
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 blueranger Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install blueranger
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install blueranger
Install blueranger Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install blueranger
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install blueranger
Install blueranger 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 blueranger
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install blueranger
How To Uninstall blueranger on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the blueranger
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove blueranger
Uninstall blueranger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall blueranger
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove blueranger
Remove blueranger Configurations and Data
To remove blueranger
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge blueranger
Remove blueranger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove blueranger
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blueranger
Dependencies
blueranger have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install blueranger
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.