How To Install cutesdr on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cutesdr on Kali Linux. cutesdr is simple demodulation and spectrum display program

Introduction

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

What is cutesdr

cutesdr is:

The CuteSDR application’s primary purpose is for spawning custom applications or for educational use. It is NOT a full featured program as it is purposely kept simple in order for developers to more easily spin off their own applications. A further goal was to use only the stock functionality of Qt ie no libraries or special drivers. This limits CuteSDR to using only a network connection. The main gui and framework is written by Moe Wheatly, AE4JY.

CuteSDR itself has only a network interface and will directly support the RFSPACE NetSDR and SDR-IP radios. The siqs_ftdi and SDRxxServer applications (packaged separately) provide network interfaces to RFSPACE USB devices.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cutesdr

Install cutesdr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cutesdr

Install cutesdr 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 cutesdr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cutesdr

How To Uninstall cutesdr on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cutesdr

Uninstall cutesdr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cutesdr

Remove cutesdr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cutesdr

Remove cutesdr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cutesdr

Dependencies

cutesdr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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