How To Install urjtag on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is urjtag

urjtag is:

A command line tool for communicating over JTAG (IEEE 1149.1) with various flash chips, CPUs, boards and JTAG adapters.

It has an open and modular architecture with the ability to write miscellaneous extensions (like board testers, or flash memory programmers).

This is a (more actively maintained) fork of the ‘openwince-jtag’ software.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install urjtag

Install urjtag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install urjtag

Install urjtag 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 urjtag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install urjtag

How To Uninstall urjtag on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove urjtag

Uninstall urjtag And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove urjtag

Remove urjtag Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge urjtag

Remove urjtag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge urjtag

Dependencies

urjtag have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libftdi1
• libreadline8
• libusb-0.1-4

References

• urjtag website

Summary

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