How To Install libubertooth-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libubertooth-dev on Kali Linux. libubertooth-dev is Shared library for Bluetooth experimentation - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libubertooth-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libubertooth-dev

libubertooth-dev is:

Project Ubertooth is an open source wireless development platform suitable for Bluetooth experimentation. Ubertooth ships with a capable BLE (Bluetooth Smart) sniffer and can sniff some data from Basic Rate (BR) Bluetooth Classic connections.

This package provides the development files for using the ubertooth library.

There are three methods to install libubertooth-dev 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 libubertooth-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libubertooth-dev

Install libubertooth-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libubertooth-dev

Install libubertooth-dev 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 libubertooth-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libubertooth-dev

How To Uninstall libubertooth-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libubertooth-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libubertooth-dev

Uninstall libubertooth-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libubertooth-dev

Remove libubertooth-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libubertooth-dev

Remove libubertooth-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libubertooth-dev

Dependencies

libubertooth-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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