How To Install sigrok on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install sigrok on Kali Linux. sigrok is Logic analyzer and protocol decoder software suite (metapackage)

Introduction

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

What is sigrok

sigrok is:

sigrok is a portable logic analyzer software that supports various logic analyzer hardware, input formats, output formats, and protocol decoders.

This is a metapackage depending on (almost) all sigrok related packages.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sigrok

Install sigrok Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sigrok

Install sigrok 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 sigrok using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sigrok

How To Uninstall sigrok on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sigrok

Uninstall sigrok And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sigrok

Remove sigrok Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sigrok

Remove sigrok configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sigrok

Dependencies

sigrok have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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