How To Install libfreefare-bin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libfreefare-bin

libfreefare-bin is:

The libfreefare project aims to provide a convenient API for MIFARE card manipulations.

This package includes some binaries that are useful for development purposes.

There are three methods to install libfreefare-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 libfreefare-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 libfreefare-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfreefare-bin

Install libfreefare-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfreefare-bin

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfreefare-bin

How To Uninstall libfreefare-bin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libfreefare-bin

Uninstall libfreefare-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreefare-bin

Remove libfreefare-bin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreefare-bin

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfreefare-bin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfreefare0
• libnfc6

References

• libfreefare-bin website

Summary

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