How To Install minimodem on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install minimodem on Kali Linux.
What is minimodem
minimodem is:
Minimodem is a command-line program which decodes (or generates) audio modem tones at any specified baud rate, using various framing protocols. It acts a general-purpose software FSK modem, and includes support for various standard FSK protocols such as Bell103, Bell202, RTTY, TTY/TDD, NOAA SAME, and Caller-ID.
Minimodem can play and capture audio modem tones in real-time via the system audio device, or in batched mode via audio files.
Minimodem can be used to transfer data between nearby computers using an audio cable (or just via sound waves), or between remote computers using radio, telephone, or another audio communications medium.
There are three methods to install minimodem 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 minimodem Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install minimodem using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install minimodemInstall minimodem Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install minimodem using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install minimodemInstall minimodem 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install minimodem using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install minimodemHow To Uninstall minimodem on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the minimodem package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove minimodemUninstall minimodem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall minimodem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove minimodemRemove minimodem Configurations and Data
To remove minimodem configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge minimodemRemove minimodem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove minimodem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge minimodemDependencies
minimodem have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install minimodem package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.