How To Install gscanbus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gscanbus

gscanbus is:

gscanbus is a little bus scanning, testing and topology visualizing tool for the Linux IEEE1394 subsystem, with some AV/C support, especially for controlling Camcorders and VCRs. It is intended as a debugging tool for IEEE1394 development, but can also be used to simply check your IEEE1394 setup on Linux.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gscanbus

Install gscanbus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gscanbus

Install gscanbus 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 gscanbus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gscanbus

How To Uninstall gscanbus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gscanbus

Uninstall gscanbus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gscanbus

Remove gscanbus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gscanbus

Remove gscanbus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gscanbus

Dependencies

gscanbus have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libraw1394-11

References

• gscanbus website

Summary

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