How To Install rfcat on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rfcat on Kali Linux. rfcat is Swiss army knife of sub-GHz radio

Introduction

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

What is rfcat

rfcat is:

Rfcat is a sub GHz analysis tool. The goals of the project are to reduce the time for security researchers to create needed tools for analyzing unknown targets, to aid in reverse-engineering of hardware.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rfcat

Install rfcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rfcat

Install rfcat 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 rfcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rfcat

How To Uninstall rfcat on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rfcat

Uninstall rfcat And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rfcat

Remove rfcat Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rfcat

Remove rfcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rfcat

Dependencies

rfcat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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