How To Install bluez-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-tools on Kali Linux. bluez-tools is Set of tools to manage Bluetooth devices for linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-tools on Kali Linux.

What is bluez-tools

bluez-tools is:

Bluez-tools provides command line tools to functions of Bluetooth. They are Bluetooth adapter control, Bluetooth agent, sound, input, network and other.

There are three methods to install bluez-tools 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 bluez-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bluez-tools

Install bluez-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bluez-tools

Install bluez-tools 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 bluez-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bluez-tools

How To Uninstall bluez-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the bluez-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bluez-tools

Uninstall bluez-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez-tools

Remove bluez-tools Configurations and Data

To remove bluez-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bluez-tools

Remove bluez-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez-tools

Dependencies

bluez-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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