How To Install heimdall-flash-frontend on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdall-flash-frontend on Kali Linux.
What is heimdall-flash-frontend
heimdall-flash-frontend is:
Heimdall is a tool for flashing firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S devices over a USB connection. It accomplishes this using the same protocol as Odin, Samsung’s internal Windows-only firmware updater.
This package includes a Qt-based frontend for managing Galaxy devices.
There are three methods to install heimdall-flash-frontend 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 heimdall-flash-frontend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heimdall-flash-frontend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heimdall-flash-frontendInstall heimdall-flash-frontend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install heimdall-flash-frontend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heimdall-flash-frontendInstall heimdall-flash-frontend 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 heimdall-flash-frontend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heimdall-flash-frontendHow To Uninstall heimdall-flash-frontend on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the heimdall-flash-frontend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heimdall-flash-frontendUninstall heimdall-flash-frontend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heimdall-flash-frontend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heimdall-flash-frontendRemove heimdall-flash-frontend Configurations and Data
To remove heimdall-flash-frontend configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heimdall-flash-frontendRemove heimdall-flash-frontend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heimdall-flash-frontend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heimdall-flash-frontendDependencies
heimdall-flash-frontend have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heimdall-flash-frontend package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.