How To Install libsigrok4 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigrok4 on Kali Linux. libsigrok4 is sigrok hardware driver library - shared library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigrok4 on Kali Linux.

What is libsigrok4

libsigrok4 is:

libsigrok is a shared library which provides basic hardware access drivers for logic analyzers, as well as input/output file format support.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libsigrok4 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 libsigrok4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsigrok4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsigrok4

Install libsigrok4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsigrok4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsigrok4

Install libsigrok4 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 libsigrok4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsigrok4

How To Uninstall libsigrok4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsigrok4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsigrok4

Uninstall libsigrok4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsigrok4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsigrok4

Remove libsigrok4 Configurations and Data

To remove libsigrok4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsigrok4

Remove libsigrok4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsigrok4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsigrok4

Dependencies

libsigrok4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsigrok4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.