How To Install clex on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install clex on Kali Linux.

What is clex

clex is:

Clex is a fully functional textual file-manager. It displays things like permissions, date of creation, filesize and others when browsing a directory. Clex also has the ability to accept commands with the default shell, and showing the output.

There are three methods to install clex 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 clex Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install clex

Install clex Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install clex

Install clex 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 clex using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install clex

How To Uninstall clex on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove clex

Uninstall clex And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove clex

Remove clex Configurations and Data

To remove clex configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge clex

Remove clex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clex

Dependencies

clex have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libncursesw6
• libtinfo6

References

• clex website

Summary

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