How To Install usbview on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is usbview

usbview is:

USBView is a small GTK+ application to show what the device tree of the USB bus looks like. It shows a graphical representation of the devices that are currently plugged in, showing the topology of the USB bus. It also displays information on each individual device on the bus.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install usbview

Install usbview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install usbview

Install usbview 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 usbview using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install usbview

How To Uninstall usbview on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove usbview

Uninstall usbview And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove usbview

Remove usbview Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge usbview

Remove usbview configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge usbview

Dependencies

usbview have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk-3-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0

References

• usbview website

Summary

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