How To Install radiotap-library on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install radiotap-library on Kali Linux.

What is radiotap-library

radiotap-library is:

This package is a Radiotap parser C library. Radiotap is a de facto standard for 802.11 frame injection and reception.

There are three methods to install radiotap-library 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 radiotap-library Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install radiotap-library

Install radiotap-library Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install radiotap-library

Install radiotap-library 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 radiotap-library using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install radiotap-library

How To Uninstall radiotap-library on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the radiotap-library package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove radiotap-library

Uninstall radiotap-library And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove radiotap-library

Remove radiotap-library Configurations and Data

To remove radiotap-library configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge radiotap-library

Remove radiotap-library configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge radiotap-library

Dependencies

radiotap-library have the following dependencies:

References

• radiotap-library website

Summary

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