How To Install bluetooth on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluetooth on Kali Linux.
What is bluetooth
bluetooth is:
This package provides all of the different plugins supported by the Bluez bluetooth stack.
There are three methods to install bluetooth 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 bluetooth Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bluetooth using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bluetoothInstall bluetooth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bluetooth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bluetoothInstall bluetooth 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bluetooth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bluetoothHow To Uninstall bluetooth on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bluetooth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bluetoothUninstall bluetooth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bluetooth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluetoothRemove bluetooth Configurations and Data
To remove bluetooth configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bluetoothRemove bluetooth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bluetooth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluetoothDependencies
bluetooth have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bluetooth package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
