How To Install nitroshare on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nitroshare on Debian 9. nitroshare is Cross-platform network file transfer application

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nitroshare on Debian 9.

What is nitroshare

nitroshare is:

NitroShare is designed to make transferring any file to any device as painless as possible.

NitroShare uses a JSON-based protocol that is both platform and architecture-neutral to transfer files as efficiently as possible. For added security, transfers can be encrypted with TLS.

IPv4 broadcast is used for automatically discovering other devices on the local network running NitroShare. This enables files and entire directories to be instantly transferred to the other devices.

An HTTP API is provided that enables other applications running under the same account to initiate transfers.

There are three methods to install nitroshare on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install nitroshare Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nitroshare

Install nitroshare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nitroshare

Install nitroshare 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install nitroshare

How To Uninstall nitroshare on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove nitroshare

Uninstall nitroshare And Its Dependencies

To uninstall nitroshare and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nitroshare

Remove nitroshare Configurations and Data

To remove nitroshare configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nitroshare

Remove nitroshare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nitroshare

Dependencies

nitroshare have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install nitroshare package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.