How To Install fwupd-tests on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-tests on Kali Linux. fwupd-tests is Test suite for firmware update daemon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fwupd-tests on Kali Linux.

What is fwupd-tests

fwupd-tests is:

fwupd is a daemon to allow session software to update device firmware. You can either use a GUI software manager like GNOME Software to view and apply updates, the command-line tool or the system D-Bus interface directly. Firmware updates are supported for a variety of technologies. See https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd for details

This package provides a set of installed tests that can be run to validate the daemon in a continuous integration system.

There are three methods to install fwupd-tests 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 fwupd-tests Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fwupd-tests

Install fwupd-tests Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fwupd-tests

Install fwupd-tests 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 fwupd-tests using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fwupd-tests

How To Uninstall fwupd-tests on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fwupd-tests package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fwupd-tests

Uninstall fwupd-tests And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fwupd-tests

Remove fwupd-tests Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fwupd-tests

Remove fwupd-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fwupd-tests

Dependencies

fwupd-tests have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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