How To Install miio-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install miio-tools on Kali Linux. miio-tools is Tools for interfacing with Xiaomi appliances

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install miio-tools on Kali Linux.

What is miio-tools

miio-tools is:

This tool allows one to interface with devices using Xiaomi’s miIO protocol.

  • miceil (command Xiaomi Philips LED Ceiling Lamp)
  • mieye (command Xiaomi Philips Eyecare Smart Lamp 2)
  • miiocli (command various appliances)
  • miio-extract-tokens (Reads device information out from an sqlite3 DB)
  • miplug (command Xiaomi Smart Plug)
  • mirobo (command Xiaomi Vacuum robot)

There are three methods to install miio-tools 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 miio-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install miio-tools

Install miio-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install miio-tools

Install miio-tools 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 miio-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install miio-tools

How To Uninstall miio-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the miio-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove miio-tools

Uninstall miio-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove miio-tools

Remove miio-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge miio-tools

Remove miio-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge miio-tools

Dependencies

miio-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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