How To Install picocom on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install picocom on Kali Linux.

What is picocom

picocom is:

picocom was designed to serve as a simple, manual, modem configuration, testing, and debugging tool. It has also served (quite well) as a low-tech “terminal-window” to allow operator intervention in PPP connection scripts (something like the ms-windows “open terminal window before / after dialing” feature). It could also prove useful in many other similar tasks. It is ideal for embedded systems since its memory footprint is minimal.

There are three methods to install picocom 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 picocom Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install picocom

Install picocom Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install picocom using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install picocom

Install picocom 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 picocom using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install picocom

How To Uninstall picocom on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the picocom package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove picocom

Uninstall picocom And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove picocom

Remove picocom Configurations and Data

To remove picocom configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge picocom

Remove picocom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge picocom

Dependencies

picocom have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• picocom website

Summary

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