How To Install indi-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install indi-bin on Kali Linux.

What is indi-bin

indi-bin is:

INDI (Instrument-Neutral Device Interface) is a distributed XML-based control protocol designed to operate astronomical instrumentation. INDI is small, flexible, easy to parse, scalable, and stateless. It supports common DCS functions such as remote control, data acquisition, monitoring, and a lot more.

This package contains the INDI server, the drivers for the supported astronomical instrumentation, and other INDI tools.

There are three methods to install indi-bin 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 indi-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install indi-bin

Install indi-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install indi-bin

Install indi-bin 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 indi-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install indi-bin

How To Uninstall indi-bin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the indi-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove indi-bin

Uninstall indi-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove indi-bin

Remove indi-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge indi-bin

Remove indi-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indi-bin

Dependencies

indi-bin have the following dependencies:

• libindi-data
• libc6
• libcfitsio9
• libcurl3-gnutls
• libgcc-s1
• libindialignmentdriver1
• libindidriver1
• libnova-0.16-0
• libstdc++6
• libusb-1.0-0

References

• indi-bin website

Summary

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