How To Install bossa-cli on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bossa-cli on Kali Linux.
What is bossa-cli
bossa-cli is:
BOSSA is a flash programming utility for Atmel’s SAM family of flash-based ARM microcontrollers. The motivation behind BOSSA is to create a simple, easy-to- use, open source utility to replace Atmel’s SAM-BA software.
This package contains the BOSSA command line interface and interactive shell (i.e., bossac and bossash).
There are three methods to install bossa-cli 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 bossa-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bossa-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bossa-cliInstall bossa-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bossa-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bossa-cliInstall bossa-cli 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install bossa-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bossa-cliHow To Uninstall bossa-cli on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the bossa-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bossa-cliUninstall bossa-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bossa-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bossa-cliRemove bossa-cli Configurations and Data
To remove bossa-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bossa-cliRemove bossa-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bossa-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bossa-cliDependencies
bossa-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bossa-cli package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
