How to Install and Uninstall fastboot Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "fastboot" package

This tutorial shows how to install fastboot on Kali Linux


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fastboot on Kali Linux:


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

Package: fastboot
Source: android-platform-tools (34.0.4-1)
Version: 1:34.0.4-1
Installed-Size: 586
Maintainer: Android Tools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: android-tools-fastboot
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-libsparse (= 1:34.0.4-1), android-libziparchive (= 1:34.0.4-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libprotobuf32 (>= 3.21.12), libstdc++6 (>= 13.1), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8)
Recommends: android-sdk-platform-tools-common (>= 28.0.2~)
Suggests: android-sdk-platform-tools
Size: 195216
SHA256: 5a8f0fa00f1028ea1dfde45728ef2b9b5be4702f92bca14c2f257bda0be4dd47
SHA1: 3d853c2ce6dcd0904450f92fc709d83dcd62883d
MD5sum: 45a733b82601268e177f72e643dc138e
Description: Android fastboot tool
A command line tool for flashing an Android device, boot an Android device to
fastboot mode, etc..
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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/fastboot_34.0.4-1_amd64.deb