How To Install madwimax on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install madwimax on Kali Linux. madwimax is user-space driver for mWiMAX equipment based on Samsung CMC-730

Introduction

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

What is madwimax

madwimax is:

madwimax is an experimental reverse-engineered Linux driver for mobile WiMAX (802.16e) devices based on Samsung CMC-730 chip. These devices are currently supported:

  • Samsung SWC-U200
  • Samsung SWC-E100
  • Samsung SWM-S10R (it is built in Samsung NC-10 netbook)

This package contains the user-space standalone implementation of the driver. It requires Universal TUN/TAP support in your kernel.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install madwimax

Install madwimax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install madwimax

Install madwimax 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 madwimax using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install madwimax

How To Uninstall madwimax on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove madwimax

Uninstall madwimax And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove madwimax

Remove madwimax Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge madwimax

Remove madwimax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge madwimax

Dependencies

madwimax have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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