How To Install rtpbreak on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is rtpbreak

rtpbreak is:

With rtpbreak you can detect, reconstruct and analyze any RTP session. It doesn’t require the presence of RTCP packets and works independently form the used signaling protocol (SIP, H.323, SCCP, …). The input is a sequence of packets, the output is a set of files you can use as input for other tools (wireshark/tshark, sox, grep/awk/cut/ cat/sed, …). It supports also wireless (AP_DLT_IEEE802_11) networks.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rtpbreak

Install rtpbreak Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rtpbreak

Install rtpbreak 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 rtpbreak using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rtpbreak

How To Uninstall rtpbreak on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove rtpbreak

Uninstall rtpbreak And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rtpbreak

Remove rtpbreak Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rtpbreak

Remove rtpbreak configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rtpbreak

Dependencies

rtpbreak have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libpcap0.8
• libnet1

References

• rtpbreak website

Summary

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