How To Install dahdi-firmware-nonfree on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dahdi-firmware-nonfree on Kali Linux.

What is dahdi-firmware-nonfree

dahdi-firmware-nonfree is:

DAHDI (formely Zaptel) is an interface for telephony devices used by e.g. the Asterisk PBX software. The dahdi-* packages provide the DAHDI kernel modules and their required setup environment.

This package includes the non-free firmwares from the DAHDI tarball as well as downloading script for the Digium firmwares that are normally downloaded on ‘make install’.

There are three methods to install dahdi-firmware-nonfree 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 dahdi-firmware-nonfree Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dahdi-firmware-nonfree

Install dahdi-firmware-nonfree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dahdi-firmware-nonfree using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dahdi-firmware-nonfree

Install dahdi-firmware-nonfree 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 dahdi-firmware-nonfree using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dahdi-firmware-nonfree

How To Uninstall dahdi-firmware-nonfree on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dahdi-firmware-nonfree package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dahdi-firmware-nonfree

Uninstall dahdi-firmware-nonfree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dahdi-firmware-nonfree

Remove dahdi-firmware-nonfree Configurations and Data

To remove dahdi-firmware-nonfree configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dahdi-firmware-nonfree

Remove dahdi-firmware-nonfree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dahdi-firmware-nonfree configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dahdi-firmware-nonfree

Dependencies

dahdi-firmware-nonfree have the following dependencies:

References

• dahdi-firmware-nonfree website

Summary

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