How To Install svxlink-calibration-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install svxlink-calibration-tools on Kali Linux. svxlink-calibration-tools is Calibration tools for SvxLink amateur radio suite

Introduction

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

svxlink-calibration-tools is:

SvxLink facilitates remote control of amateur radio transceivers via the EchoLink? protocol. This package included the calibration tools.

EchoLink? allows licensed amateur radio operators to communicate over the Internet, including remote access to station equipment. The RemoteTrx server provides remote control of a connected radio transceiver. EchoLink? is a registered trademark of Synergenics, LLC.

There are three methods to install svxlink-calibration-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 svxlink-calibration-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install svxlink-calibration-tools

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install svxlink-calibration-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 svxlink-calibration-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install svxlink-calibration-tools

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

sudo apt-get remove svxlink-calibration-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove svxlink-calibration-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y purge svxlink-calibration-tools

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge svxlink-calibration-tools

Dependencies

svxlink-calibration-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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