How To Install svxreflector on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is svxreflector

svxreflector is:

The SvxReflector can interconnect multiple SvxLink nodes. Audio sent to the reflector is broadcast to all other nodes. Only one talker is allowed at a time.

For a client program implementing the EchoLink? protocol, please have a look at the ‘qtel’ package.

EchoLink? allows licensed amateur radio operators to communicate over the Internet, including remote access to station equipment. EchoLink? is a registered trademark of Synergenics, LLC.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install svxreflector

Install svxreflector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install svxreflector

Install svxreflector 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 svxreflector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install svxreflector

How To Uninstall svxreflector on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove svxreflector

Uninstall svxreflector And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove svxreflector

Remove svxreflector Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge svxreflector

Remove svxreflector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge svxreflector

Dependencies

svxreflector have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libasyncaudio1.6
• libasynccore1.6
• libasynccpp1.6
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libgcrypt20
• libpopt0
• libsigc++-2.0-0v5
• libstdc++6
• adduser
• lsb-base

References

• svxreflector website

Summary

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