How To Install nextcloud-desktop-cmd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nextcloud-desktop-cmd on Kali Linux. nextcloud-desktop-cmd is folder synchronization with an Nextcloud server - cmd client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nextcloud-desktop-cmd on Kali Linux.

What is nextcloud-desktop-cmd

nextcloud-desktop-cmd is:

The Nextcloud desktop app lets you always have your latest files wherever you are. Just specify one or more folders on the local machine to and a server to synchronize to. You can configure more computers to synchronize to the same server and any change to the files on one computer will silently and reliably flow across to every other.

This package provides the command line client specialising in synchronizing with cloud storage provided by Nextcloud.

There are three methods to install nextcloud-desktop-cmd 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 nextcloud-desktop-cmd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nextcloud-desktop-cmd

Install nextcloud-desktop-cmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nextcloud-desktop-cmd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nextcloud-desktop-cmd

Install nextcloud-desktop-cmd 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 nextcloud-desktop-cmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nextcloud-desktop-cmd

How To Uninstall nextcloud-desktop-cmd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nextcloud-desktop-cmd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nextcloud-desktop-cmd

Uninstall nextcloud-desktop-cmd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nextcloud-desktop-cmd

Remove nextcloud-desktop-cmd Configurations and Data

To remove nextcloud-desktop-cmd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nextcloud-desktop-cmd

Remove nextcloud-desktop-cmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove nextcloud-desktop-cmd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nextcloud-desktop-cmd

Dependencies

nextcloud-desktop-cmd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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