How To Install gnokii on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii on Kali Linux. gnokii is Datasuite for mobile phone management (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnokii on Kali Linux.

What is gnokii

gnokii is:

Gnokii is a suite of programs that allows communication with mobile phones. It currently supports many Nokia mobile phones, all AT capable ones as well as many Symbian based. For a list of compatible phones, please visit: http://wiki.gnokii.org

This package installs the whole suit of programs.

There are three methods to install gnokii 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 gnokii Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnokii

Install gnokii Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gnokii using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gnokii

Install gnokii 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 gnokii using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnokii

How To Uninstall gnokii on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnokii package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnokii

Uninstall gnokii And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnokii

Remove gnokii Configurations and Data

To remove gnokii configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnokii

Remove gnokii configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnokii

Dependencies

gnokii have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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