How To Install libftdi1 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libftdi1
on Kali Linux.
What is libftdi1
libftdi1 is:
This library could talk to FTDI’s FT232 and FT245 type USB chips from userspace. It uses libusb to communicate with the chips.
Functionalities include the possibility to use the chips in standard mode, in bitbang mode, and to read or write the serial EEPROM.
This is the C version of the library.
There are three methods to install libftdi1
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 libftdi1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libftdi1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libftdi1
Install libftdi1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libftdi1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libftdi1
Install libftdi1 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 libftdi1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libftdi1
How To Uninstall libftdi1 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libftdi1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libftdi1
Uninstall libftdi1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libftdi1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libftdi1
Remove libftdi1 Configurations and Data
To remove libftdi1
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libftdi1
Remove libftdi1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libftdi1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libftdi1
Dependencies
libftdi1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libftdi1
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.