How To Install arm-trusted-firmware-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install arm-trusted-firmware-tools on Kali Linux. arm-trusted-firmware-tools is secure world software for ARM SoCs - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install arm-trusted-firmware-tools on Kali Linux.

What is arm-trusted-firmware-tools

arm-trusted-firmware-tools is:

The “secure world” on arm64 machines is a special level of CPU privilege that is hidden from the normal OS, and has complete control over the system. It provides both initialization during early boot stages (before u-boot or EFI) and system monitor functionality once the machine is booted up.

This package includes helper tools.

There are three methods to install arm-trusted-firmware-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.

Install arm-trusted-firmware-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install arm-trusted-firmware-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install arm-trusted-firmware-tools

Install arm-trusted-firmware-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install arm-trusted-firmware-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install arm-trusted-firmware-tools

Install arm-trusted-firmware-tools 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 arm-trusted-firmware-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install arm-trusted-firmware-tools

How To Uninstall arm-trusted-firmware-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the arm-trusted-firmware-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove arm-trusted-firmware-tools

Uninstall arm-trusted-firmware-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove arm-trusted-firmware-tools

Remove arm-trusted-firmware-tools Configurations and Data

To remove arm-trusted-firmware-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge arm-trusted-firmware-tools

Remove arm-trusted-firmware-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge arm-trusted-firmware-tools

Dependencies

arm-trusted-firmware-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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