How To Install dns323-firmware-tools on Kali Linux

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In this tutorial we learn how to install dns323-firmware-tools on Kali Linux. dns323-firmware-tools is build and manipulate firmware images for a range of NAS devices

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dns323-firmware-tools on Kali Linux.

What is dns323-firmware-tools

dns323-firmware-tools is:

This package contains programs for manipulating the firmware images used by
a range of small consumer-grade NAS devices, such as the D-Link DNS-323.

These firmware images are what are used to “bundle” the kernel, initrd, and
other data when uploading new firmware images using the “stock” interface.
If you are already running a custom firmware, it is likely that these tools
will be of no use to you, and you will need to use whatever update
mechanism is provided by your firmware.

There are three methods to install dns323-firmware-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 dns323-firmware-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 dns323-firmware-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dns323-firmware-tools

Install dns323-firmware-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dns323-firmware-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dns323-firmware-tools

Install dns323-firmware-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 dns323-firmware-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dns323-firmware-tools

How To Uninstall dns323-firmware-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dns323-firmware-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dns323-firmware-tools

Uninstall dns323-firmware-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dns323-firmware-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dns323-firmware-tools

Remove dns323-firmware-tools Configurations and Data

To remove dns323-firmware-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dns323-firmware-tools

Remove dns323-firmware-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dns323-firmware-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dns323-firmware-tools

Dependencies

dns323-firmware-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dns323-firmware-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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