How To Install dlt-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dlt-tools on Kali Linux. dlt-tools is Diagnostic Log and Trace (DLT) (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dlt-tools on Kali Linux.

What is dlt-tools

dlt-tools is:

This component provides a log and trace interface, based on the standardised protocol specified in the AUTOSAR standard 4.0 DLT. This software can be used by GENIVI components and other applications as logging facility.

This package includes tools to connect to and experiment with DLT daemon. Most usefully this includes ‘dlt-receive’ to connect to a (remote) DLT server and save all logs to a DLT file and ‘dlt-system’ that injects system logs into the DLT server

There are three methods to install dlt-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 dlt-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 dlt-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dlt-tools

Install dlt-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dlt-tools

Install dlt-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 dlt-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dlt-tools

How To Uninstall dlt-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dlt-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dlt-tools

Uninstall dlt-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dlt-tools

Remove dlt-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dlt-tools

Remove dlt-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dlt-tools

Dependencies

dlt-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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