How To Install spi-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install spi-tools on Kali Linux. spi-tools is Simple command line tools to help using Linux spidev devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install spi-tools on Kali Linux.

What is spi-tools

spi-tools is:

This package contains spi-config and spi-pipe, simple command line tools to help using Linux spidev devices.

There are three methods to install spi-tools 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 spi-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spi-tools

Install spi-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spi-tools

Install spi-tools 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 spi-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spi-tools

How To Uninstall spi-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the spi-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove spi-tools

Uninstall spi-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spi-tools

Remove spi-tools Configurations and Data

To remove spi-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge spi-tools

Remove spi-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spi-tools

Dependencies

spi-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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