How To Install platformio on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install platformio on Kali Linux. platformio is open source ecosystem for IoT development

Introduction

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

What is platformio

platformio is:

PlatformIO Core is a heart of whole PlatformIO ecosystem. This is a Command Line Tool that consists of multi-platform build system, platform and library managers and other integration components.

Features:

  • Multi-platform Build System
  • Development platform and package managers
  • Library Manager
  • Library Dependency Finder (LDF)
  • Serial Port Monitor
  • Integration components (Cloud & Desktop IDE and Continuous Integration).

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install platformio

Install platformio Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install platformio

Install platformio 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 platformio using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install platformio

How To Uninstall platformio on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove platformio

Uninstall platformio And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove platformio

Remove platformio Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge platformio

Remove platformio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge platformio

Dependencies

platformio have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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