How To Install sredird on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sredird

sredird is:

Sredird is a serial port redirector that is compliant with the RFC 2217 “Telnet Com Port Control Option” protocol. This protocol lets you share a serial port through the network.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sredird

Install sredird Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sredird

Install sredird 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 sredird using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sredird

How To Uninstall sredird on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sredird

Uninstall sredird And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sredird

Remove sredird Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sredird

Remove sredird configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sredird

Dependencies

sredird have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• sredird website

Summary

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