How To Install quisk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install quisk on Kali Linux. quisk is Software Defined Radio (SDR)

Introduction

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

What is quisk

quisk is:

Quisk uses ALSA sound drivers or PortAudio and offers these capabilities:

  • Quisk can control the HiQSDR.
  • As a receiver it can use the SDR-IQ by RfSpace as a sample source. There are several decimation rates available. The QUISK receiver will read the sample data, tune it, filter it, demodulate it, and send the audio to the sound card for output to external headphones or speakers.
  • As a receiver it can use your soundcard as a sample source. You supply a complex (I/Q) mixer to convert radio spectrum to a low IF, and send that IF to the left and right inputs of the sound card in your computer. The demodulated audio goes to the same soundcard for output.
  • Quisk can control SoftRock hardware for both receive and transmit.
  • As a transmitter it can control an SSB/CW exciter and a transceiver using Ethernet.
  • As a transmitter it can accept microphone input and send that to a transmitter for SSB operation. For CW, QUISK can mute the audio and substitute a side tone. Quisk can send transmit data to your sound card for use with SoftRock or similar.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install quisk

Install quisk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install quisk

Install quisk 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 quisk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install quisk

How To Uninstall quisk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove quisk

Uninstall quisk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove quisk

Remove quisk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge quisk

Remove quisk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge quisk

Dependencies

quisk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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