How To Install libax25 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25 on Kali Linux.

What is libax25

libax25 is:

This library is for ham radio applications that use the ax25 protocol. Included are routines to do ax25 address parsing, common ax25 application config file parsing, etc.

There are three methods to install libax25 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 libax25 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libax25 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libax25

Install libax25 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libax25 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libax25

Install libax25 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 libax25 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libax25

How To Uninstall libax25 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libax25 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libax25

Uninstall libax25 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libax25 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libax25

Remove libax25 Configurations and Data

To remove libax25 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libax25

Remove libax25 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libax25 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libax25

Dependencies

libax25 have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libax25 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libax25 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.