How To Install mtkbabel on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtkbabel
on Kali Linux.
What is mtkbabel
mtkbabel is:
MTKBabel is a command line program to operate the i-Blue 747 GPS data logger. It should work also with other GPS devices based on the MediaTek MTK chipset. For instance the Holux M-241 GPS data logger, the Holux M-1200E, as well as the 747 A+ GPS Trip Recorder, are also known to work.
The main features are:
- Command line interface
- Save data log in GPX and raw binary format
- If required retrieve all the data, also the old one being overlapped
- Change logging criteria: time, distance, speed
- Change log format
- START/STOP logging
- Set OVERLAP or STOP method on memory full
- Erase the internal memory
There are three methods to install mtkbabel
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 mtkbabel Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install mtkbabel
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install mtkbabel Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install mtkbabel
using apt
by running the following command:
Install mtkbabel 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.
After updating apt database, We can install mtkbabel
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall mtkbabel on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mtkbabel
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall mtkbabel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mtkbabel
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove mtkbabel Configurations and Data
To remove mtkbabel
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove mtkbabel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mtkbabel
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
mtkbabel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mtkbabel
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.