How To Install device-tree-compiler on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install device-tree-compiler on Kali Linux.
What is device-tree-compiler
device-tree-compiler is:
Device Tree Compiler, dtc, takes as input a device-tree in a given format and outputs a device-tree in another format for booting kernels on embedded systems.
Typically, the input format is “dts”, a human readable source format, and creates a “dtb”, or binary format as output.
There are three methods to install device-tree-compiler 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 device-tree-compiler Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install device-tree-compiler using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install device-tree-compilerInstall device-tree-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install device-tree-compiler using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install device-tree-compilerInstall device-tree-compiler 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 device-tree-compiler using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install device-tree-compilerHow To Uninstall device-tree-compiler on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the device-tree-compiler package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove device-tree-compilerUninstall device-tree-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall device-tree-compiler and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove device-tree-compilerRemove device-tree-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove device-tree-compiler configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge device-tree-compilerRemove device-tree-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove device-tree-compiler configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge device-tree-compilerDependencies
device-tree-compiler have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install device-tree-compiler package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.