How To Install stlink-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install stlink-tools on Kali Linux. stlink-tools is OpenSource ST-Link tools replacement.

Introduction

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

stlink-tools is:

Flashing tools for STMicroelectronics STM32VL and STM32L. The transport layers STLINKv1 and STLINKv2 are supported.

This package contains commandline utilities for stlink, and modprobe and udev rules.

There are three methods to install stlink-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.

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install stlink-tools

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install stlink-tools

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 stlink-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install stlink-tools

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

sudo apt-get remove stlink-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove stlink-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y purge stlink-tools

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

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

Dependencies

stlink-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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