How To Install limesuite on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install limesuite
on Kali Linux.
What is limesuite
limesuite is:
Lime Suite is a collection of software supporting Lime Microsystems LMS7 RF transceiver based hardware such as the LimeSDR, LMS7002M UNITE board, or the Novena with LMS7 RF board.
This package contains the command line and GUI tools to control and update the hardware devices.
There are three methods to install limesuite
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 limesuite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install limesuite
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install limesuite
Install limesuite Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install limesuite
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install limesuite
Install limesuite 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 limesuite
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install limesuite
How To Uninstall limesuite on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the limesuite
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove limesuite
Uninstall limesuite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall limesuite
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove limesuite
Remove limesuite Configurations and Data
To remove limesuite
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge limesuite
Remove limesuite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove limesuite
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge limesuite
Dependencies
limesuite have the following dependencies:
- liblimesuite20.10-1
- python3
- python3-soapysdr
- libc6
- libfltk1.3
- libgcc-s1
- libgl1
- libglew2.1
- libstdc++6
- libwxbase3.0-0v5
- libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-0v5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install limesuite
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.