How To Install pulseview on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install pulseview on Kali Linux. pulseview is sigrok logic analyzer, oscilloscope, and MSO GUI

Introduction

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

What is pulseview

pulseview is:

PulseView is a GUI for sigrok that supports logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and MSOs.

It can acquire samples from a supported device and display them, load and display captures from existing sigrok *.sr files, as well as run protocol decoders and display their annotations.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pulseview

Install pulseview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pulseview

Install pulseview 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 pulseview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pulseview

How To Uninstall pulseview on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pulseview

Uninstall pulseview And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pulseview

Remove pulseview Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pulseview

Remove pulseview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pulseview

Dependencies

pulseview have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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