How To Install plptools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is plptools

plptools is:

This package lets you access EPOC devices’ drives over a serial link. You can mount them, access them FTP-style, use a local printer from the remote device (EPOC32 only) and install applications from SIS files.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plptools

Install plptools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plptools

Install plptools 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 plptools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plptools

How To Uninstall plptools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove plptools

Uninstall plptools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plptools

Remove plptools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plptools

Remove plptools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plptools

Dependencies

plptools have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfuse2
• libgcc-s1
• libreadline8
• libstdc++6
• debconf
• fuse
• lsb-base

References

• plptools website

Summary

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