How To Install linuxptp on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install linuxptp on Kali Linux. linuxptp is Precision Time Protocol (PTP, IEEE1588) implementation for Linux

Introduction

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

What is linuxptp

linuxptp is:

Linuxptp is an implementation of the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) according to IEEE standard 1588 for Linux. Features include:

  • support for hardware and software time stamping via the Linux SO_TIMESTAMPING socket option.
  • support for the Linux PTP Hardware Clock (PHC) subsystem by using the clock_gettime family of calls, including the new clock_adjtimex system call
  • implementation of Boundary Clock (BC) and Ordinary Clock (OC)
  • transport over UDP/IPv4, UDP/IPv6, and raw Ethernet (Layer 2)
  • support for IEEE 802.1AS-2011 in the role of end station

PTP provides higher precision and faster synchronization than NTP even without hardware support. With hardware support, sub-microsecond accuracy can be expected. Whereas NTP is intended for WAN use, PTP is designed for LAN environments and makes use of UDP multicast.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install linuxptp

Install linuxptp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install linuxptp

Install linuxptp 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 linuxptp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install linuxptp

How To Uninstall linuxptp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove linuxptp

Uninstall linuxptp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove linuxptp

Remove linuxptp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge linuxptp

Remove linuxptp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge linuxptp

Dependencies

linuxptp have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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