How To Install dlt-viewer-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dlt-viewer-dev on Kali Linux. dlt-viewer-dev is Viewer for GENIVI DLT traces - development files

Introduction

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

What is dlt-viewer-dev

dlt-viewer-dev is:

The Diagnostic Log and Trace Viewer is an application that can send and receive control messages to the DLT daemon, e.g., to set individual log levels of applications and contexts or get the list of applications and contexts registered in the DLT daemon.

This package contains the development files for plugin development.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dlt-viewer-dev

Install dlt-viewer-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dlt-viewer-dev

Install dlt-viewer-dev 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-viewer-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dlt-viewer-dev

How To Uninstall dlt-viewer-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dlt-viewer-dev

Uninstall dlt-viewer-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dlt-viewer-dev

Remove dlt-viewer-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dlt-viewer-dev

Remove dlt-viewer-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dlt-viewer-dev

Dependencies

dlt-viewer-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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