How To Install i2c-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install i2c-tools on Kali Linux. i2c-tools is heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install i2c-tools on Kali Linux.

What is i2c-tools

i2c-tools is:

This package contains a heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux: a bus probing tool, a chip dumper, register-level access helpers, EEPROM decoding scripts, and more.

There are three methods to install i2c-tools 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 i2c-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install i2c-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install i2c-tools

Install i2c-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install i2c-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install i2c-tools

Install i2c-tools 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 i2c-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install i2c-tools

How To Uninstall i2c-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the i2c-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove i2c-tools

Uninstall i2c-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall i2c-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove i2c-tools

Remove i2c-tools Configurations and Data

To remove i2c-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge i2c-tools

Remove i2c-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove i2c-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge i2c-tools

Dependencies

i2c-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install i2c-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.