How To Install swupdate on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is swupdate

swupdate is:

swupdate is a Linux update agent with the goal to provide an efficient and
safe way to update an embedded system.

• Install on embedded media (eMMC, SD, Raw NAND, NOR and SPI-NOR flashes)
• Allow delivery single image for multiple devices
• Multiple interfaces for getting software
  1. local storage
  2. integrated web server
  3. integrated REST client connector to hawkBit
  4. remote server download
• Software delivered as images, gzipped tarball, etc
• Allow custom handlers for installing FPGA/ microcontroller firmware.
• Power-Off safe

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install swupdate

Install swupdate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install swupdate

Install swupdate 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 swupdate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install swupdate

How To Uninstall swupdate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove swupdate

Uninstall swupdate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove swupdate

Remove swupdate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge swupdate

Remove swupdate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge swupdate

Dependencies

swupdate have the following dependencies:

• init-system-helpers
• libarchive13
• libc6
• libconfig9
• libcurl4
• libfdisk1
• libjson-c5
• liblua5.2-0
• librsync2
• libssl1.1
• libswupdate0.1
• libsystemd0
• liburiparser1
• libwebsockets16
• libzstd1
• zlib1g

References

• swupdate website

Summary

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