How To Install ubertooth-follow on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install ubertooth

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is ubertooth-follow and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install ubertooth-follow on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install ubertooth-follow using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install ubertooth-follow using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ubertooth

Install ubertooth-follow using apt

Because ubertooth-follow is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install ubertooth-follow using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ubertooth

Install ubertooth-follow using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install ubertooth-follow by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ubertooth

How to upgrade (update) a single package ubertooth-follow using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the ubertooth-follow, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install ubertooth

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install ubertooth

How To Uninstall ubertooth-follow from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the ubertooth-follow package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ubertooth

Uninstall ubertooth-follow and all its dependencies

To uninstall ubertooth-follow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ubertooth

Remove ubertooth-follow with all configurations and data

To remove ubertooth-follow configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ubertooth

Remove ubertooth-follow completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to ubertooth-follow package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ubertooth

Extra info and code examples

Project Ubertooth is an open source wireless development platform suitable for Bluetooth experimentation. This package contains everything necessary to use the hardware dongle. Ubertooth is capable of sniffing BLE (Bluetooth Smart) connections and it also has some ability to sniff some data from Basic Rate (BR) Bluetooth Classic connections. In addition to the Bluetooth specific capabilities, there is also a simple spectrum analyzer for the 2.4 GHz band included (ubertooth-specan-ui) which can be used to also observe other things in this frequency band.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install ubertooth-follow using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the ubertooth-follow from Ubuntu 21.04.

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