How To Install ow-shell on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ow-shell on Kali Linux. ow-shell is shell utilities to talk to an 1-Wire owserver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ow-shell on Kali Linux.

What is ow-shell

ow-shell is:

The 1-Wire bus is a cheap low-speed bus for devices like weather sensors, access control, etc. It can be attached to your system via serial, USB, I2C, and other interfaces.

This package has several command line programs to talk to an owserver. Included programs are :

  • owdir: list 1-wire devices or properties
  • owread: read 1-wire value
  • owget: combines owdir and owread
  • owwrite: set a 1-wire value
  • owexist: check if a 1-wire server is reachable
  • owpresent: check if a 1-wire device is connected

There are three methods to install ow-shell 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 ow-shell Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ow-shell

Install ow-shell Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ow-shell

Install ow-shell 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 ow-shell using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ow-shell

How To Uninstall ow-shell on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ow-shell package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ow-shell

Uninstall ow-shell And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ow-shell

Remove ow-shell Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ow-shell

Remove ow-shell configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ow-shell

Dependencies

ow-shell have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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