How To Install smp-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install smp-utils on Kali Linux. smp-utils is SAS Expander (SMP) utilities for SAS/SATA disk arrays

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smp-utils on Kali Linux.

What is smp-utils

smp-utils is:

Utilities that send a Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Management Protocol (SMP) request to a SMP target. If the request fails then the error is decoded. If the request succeeds then the response is either decoded, printed out in hexadecimal or output in binary. This package supports multiple interfaces since SMP passthroughs are not mature. This package supports the Linux 2.6 series.

There are three methods to install smp-utils 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 smp-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smp-utils

Install smp-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install smp-utils

Install smp-utils 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 smp-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smp-utils

How To Uninstall smp-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the smp-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smp-utils

Uninstall smp-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smp-utils

Remove smp-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge smp-utils

Remove smp-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smp-utils

Dependencies

smp-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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