How To Install osmocom-bsc-nat on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install osmocom-bsc-nat on Kali Linux.

What is osmocom-bsc-nat

osmocom-bsc-nat is:

This NAT is useful for masquerading multiple BSCs behind one. It listens for incoming BSCs on port 5000 and connects to a specified Mobile Switching Center (MSC).

This package is part of OpenBSC and closely related to osmocom-bsc.

There are three methods to install osmocom-bsc-nat 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 osmocom-bsc-nat Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install osmocom-bsc-nat

Install osmocom-bsc-nat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install osmocom-bsc-nat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install osmocom-bsc-nat

Install osmocom-bsc-nat 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 osmocom-bsc-nat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install osmocom-bsc-nat

How To Uninstall osmocom-bsc-nat on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the osmocom-bsc-nat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove osmocom-bsc-nat

Uninstall osmocom-bsc-nat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove osmocom-bsc-nat

Remove osmocom-bsc-nat Configurations and Data

To remove osmocom-bsc-nat configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge osmocom-bsc-nat

Remove osmocom-bsc-nat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove osmocom-bsc-nat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge osmocom-bsc-nat

Dependencies

osmocom-bsc-nat have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libosmoabis9
• libosmocore16
• libosmoctrl0
• libosmogsm15
• libosmonetif8
• libosmosccp0
• libosmovty4
• libtalloc2

References

• osmocom-bsc-nat website

Summary

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