How to Install and Uninstall adb Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "adb" package

Please follow the guidance below to install adb on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                adb
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "adb" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall adb on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                adb
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the adb package on Kali Linux

Package: adb
Source: android-platform-tools (34.0.4-1)
Version: 1:34.0.4-1
Installed-Size: 769
Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: android-tools-adb
Depends: android-libbase (>= 34.0.4), android-libboringssl (>= 13.0.0+r24), android-libcutils (= 1:34.0.4-1), android-liblog (>= 34.0.4), android-libziparchive (>= 34.0.4), libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), libprotobuf32 (>= 3.21.12), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.5)
Recommends: android-sdk-platform-tools-common (>= 28.0.2~)
Size: 269680
SHA256: a372825d80fb2736e3ab3aec4cdda0d3ea87b0ab4c855845d5780b1a067d2d54
SHA1: 244ba3b396dbeef0ea363b8ed38b04420621e682
MD5sum: 6c287c8f6e34a94b30f29543644ac0c2
Description: Android Debug Bridge
A versatile command line tool that lets you communicate with an emulator
instance or connected Android-powered device.
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This package recommends "android-sdk-platform-tools-common" which contains
the udev rules for Android devices. Without this package, adb and fastboot need
to be running with root permission.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://developer.android.com/studio/releases/platform-tools
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/android-platform-tools/adb_34.0.4-1_amd64.deb