How To Install smartleia on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is smartleia

smartleia is:

VPCD backend for PC/SC daemon to handle LEIA board as a generic smart card reader. This package uses the PC/SC VPCD local socket and handle PC/SC clients requests to smart cards connected to the LEIA board through the local ttyACM devices.

This package is built for Python 3.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smartleia

Install smartleia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smartleia

Install smartleia 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 smartleia using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smartleia

How To Uninstall smartleia on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove smartleia

Uninstall smartleia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smartleia

Remove smartleia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smartleia

Remove smartleia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smartleia

Dependencies

smartleia have the following dependencies:

• python3-smartleia
• vsmartcard-vpcd

References

• smartleia website

Summary

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