How To Install rfdump on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rfdump
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is rfdump
rfdump is:
RFDump is a tool to decode RFID tags and show their meta information: tag ID, tag type, manufacturer etc. The user data memory of a tag can be displayed and modified using either a hex or an ASCII editor. In addition, the integrated cookie feature demonstrates how easy it is for a company to abuse RFID technology to spy on their customers. RFDump works with the ACG multi-tag reader or similar card reader hardware.
There are three methods to install rfdump
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rfdump Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rfdump
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rfdump
Install rfdump Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rfdump
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rfdump
Install rfdump Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rfdump
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rfdump
How To Uninstall rfdump on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the rfdump
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rfdump
Uninstall rfdump And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rfdump
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rfdump
Remove rfdump Configurations and Data
To remove rfdump
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rfdump
Remove rfdump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rfdump
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rfdump
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rfdump
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.