How To Install ubertooth-firmware-source on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ubertooth-firmware-source on Kali Linux.

What is ubertooth-firmware-source

ubertooth-firmware-source is:

The Ubertooth hardware needs some firmware to run. The firmware is built with arm-none-eabi-gcc. This package contains the source code for the firmware that is found in the ubertooth-firmware package.

The firmware source may be found in /usr/src/ubertooth-firmware-source.tar.gz after installing this package.

There are three methods to install ubertooth-firmware-source 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 ubertooth-firmware-source Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ubertooth-firmware-source

Install ubertooth-firmware-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ubertooth-firmware-source using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ubertooth-firmware-source

Install ubertooth-firmware-source 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 ubertooth-firmware-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ubertooth-firmware-source

How To Uninstall ubertooth-firmware-source on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ubertooth-firmware-source package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ubertooth-firmware-source

Uninstall ubertooth-firmware-source And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubertooth-firmware-source

Remove ubertooth-firmware-source Configurations and Data

To remove ubertooth-firmware-source configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ubertooth-firmware-source

Remove ubertooth-firmware-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ubertooth-firmware-source configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubertooth-firmware-source

Dependencies

ubertooth-firmware-source have the following dependencies:

• ubertooth
• libubertooth-dev

References

• ubertooth-firmware-source website

Summary

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