How To Install libbladerf2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbladerf2 on Kali Linux.

What is libbladerf2

libbladerf2 is:

The Nuand bladeRF is an open-source software-defined radio (SDR) system, comprised of an RF transceiver, a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), a microcontroller driving a USB 3.0 interface, and a suite of host libraries and drivers to facilitate interaction with the device.

This package provides the host library.

There are three methods to install libbladerf2 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 libbladerf2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libbladerf2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbladerf2

Install libbladerf2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbladerf2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbladerf2

Install libbladerf2 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 libbladerf2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbladerf2

How To Uninstall libbladerf2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbladerf2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbladerf2

Uninstall libbladerf2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbladerf2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbladerf2

Remove libbladerf2 Configurations and Data

To remove libbladerf2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbladerf2

Remove libbladerf2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbladerf2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbladerf2

Dependencies

libbladerf2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libusb-1.0-0

References

• libbladerf2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbladerf2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.