How To Install memtool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is memtool

memtool is:

memtool allows one to read and write memory mapped registers via /dev/mem. The commands are inspired by the respective commands of the barebox bootloader. This is handy during driver development to inspect and modify register settings. It can also be used to modify regular files and character devices (e.g. to paint to /dev/fb0).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install memtool

Install memtool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install memtool

Install memtool 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 memtool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install memtool

How To Uninstall memtool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove memtool

Uninstall memtool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove memtool

Remove memtool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge memtool

Remove memtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge memtool

Dependencies

memtool have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• memtool website

Summary

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