How To Install rtlsdr-scanner on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtlsdr-scanner
on Kali Linux.
What is rtlsdr-scanner
rtlsdr-scanner is:
A cross platform Python frequency scanning GUI for the OsmoSDR rtl-sdr library.
The scanner attempts to overcome the tuner’s frequency response by averaging scans from both the positive and negative frequency offsets of the baseband data.
There are three methods to install rtlsdr-scanner
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 rtlsdr-scanner Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install rtlsdr-scanner
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install rtlsdr-scanner Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install rtlsdr-scanner
using apt
by running the following command:
Install rtlsdr-scanner 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.
After updating apt database, We can install rtlsdr-scanner
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall rtlsdr-scanner on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the rtlsdr-scanner
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall rtlsdr-scanner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rtlsdr-scanner
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove rtlsdr-scanner Configurations and Data
To remove rtlsdr-scanner
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove rtlsdr-scanner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rtlsdr-scanner
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
rtlsdr-scanner have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rtlsdr-scanner
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.