How To Install cutecom on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cutecom

cutecom is:

Cutecom is a graphical serial terminal, like minicom. It is aimed mainly at hardware developers or other people who need a terminal to talk to their devices. It features lineoriented interface instead of character-oriented, xmodem, ymodem, zmodem support (requires the lrzsz package) and hexadecimal input and output among other things. It is written using the Qt library originally by Trolltech (www.trolltech.com).

There are three methods to install cutecom 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 cutecom Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cutecom

Install cutecom Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cutecom

Install cutecom 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 cutecom using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cutecom

How To Uninstall cutecom on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cutecom

Uninstall cutecom And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cutecom

Remove cutecom Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cutecom

Remove cutecom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cutecom

Dependencies

cutecom have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• cutecom website

Summary

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