How To Install grabserial on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is grabserial

grabserial is:

grabserial is a small program which reads a serial port and writes the data tostandard output. The main purpose of this tool is to collect messages written to the serial console from a target board running Linux, and save the message on a host machine.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grabserial

Install grabserial Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install grabserial

Install grabserial 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 grabserial using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grabserial

How To Uninstall grabserial on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove grabserial

Uninstall grabserial And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grabserial

Remove grabserial Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge grabserial

Remove grabserial configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grabserial

Dependencies

grabserial have the following dependencies:

• python3-serial
• python3

References

• grabserial website

Summary

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