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