How To Install kali-tools-hardware on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kali-tools-hardware

kali-tools-hardware is:

This is Kali Linux, the most advanced penetration testing and security auditing distribution.

This metapackage depends on all the hardware attack tools that Kali Linux provides.

There are three methods to install kali-tools-hardware 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 kali-tools-hardware Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-tools-hardware

Install kali-tools-hardware Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-tools-hardware

Install kali-tools-hardware 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 kali-tools-hardware using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-tools-hardware

How To Uninstall kali-tools-hardware on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kali-tools-hardware

Uninstall kali-tools-hardware And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-tools-hardware

Remove kali-tools-hardware Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-tools-hardware

Remove kali-tools-hardware configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-tools-hardware

Dependencies

kali-tools-hardware have the following dependencies:

• binwalk
• cutecom
• flashrom
• minicom
• openocd
• qemu
• radare2
• radare2-cutter

References

• kali-tools-hardware website

Summary

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