How To Install ubertooth on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubertooth on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ubertooth
ubertooth is:
Project Ubertooth is an open source wireless development platform suitable for Bluetooth experimentation. This package contains everything necessary to use the hardware dongle.
Ubertooth is capable of sniffing BLE (Bluetooth Smart) connections and it also has some ability to sniff some data from Basic Rate (BR) Bluetooth Classic connections.
In addition to the Bluetooth specific capabilities, there is also a simple spectrum analyzer for the 2.4 GHz band included (ubertooth-specan-ui) which can be used to also observe other things in this frequency band.
There are three methods to install ubertooth on Ubuntu 18.04. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ubertooth
Install ubertooth Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ubertooth using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ubertooth
Install ubertooth Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ubertooth using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ubertooth
How To Uninstall ubertooth on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ubertooth package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ubertooth
Uninstall ubertooth And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ubertooth and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubertooth
Remove ubertooth Configurations and Data
To remove ubertooth configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ubertooth
Remove ubertooth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ubertooth configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubertooth
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ubertooth package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.