How To Install ax25-apps on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25-apps on Kali Linux. ax25-apps is AX.25 ham radio applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25-apps on Kali Linux.

What is ax25-apps

ax25-apps is:

This package provides specific user applications for hamradio that use AX.25 Net/ROM or ROSE network protocols:

  • axcall: a general purpose AX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE connection program.
  • axlisten: a network monitor of all AX.25 traffic heard by the system.
  • ax25ipd: an RFC1226 compliant daemon which provides encapsulation of AX.25 traffic over IP.
  • ax25mond: retransmits data received from sockets into an AX.25 monitor socket.

There are three methods to install ax25-apps 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 ax25-apps Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ax25-apps using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ax25-apps

Install ax25-apps Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ax25-apps using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ax25-apps

Install ax25-apps 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 ax25-apps using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ax25-apps

How To Uninstall ax25-apps on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ax25-apps package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ax25-apps

Uninstall ax25-apps And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ax25-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ax25-apps

Remove ax25-apps Configurations and Data

To remove ax25-apps configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ax25-apps

Remove ax25-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ax25-apps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ax25-apps

Dependencies

ax25-apps have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25-apps package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.