How To Install dolphin on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dolphin

dolphin is:

Dolphin is the default file manager in the Plasma, intended to be both powerful and easy to use.

Features include: Customisable sidebars “Breadcrumb” navigation View properties remembered for each folder Split views Network transparency Undo/redo functionality Ratings, comments, and tags

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dolphin

Install dolphin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dolphin

Install dolphin 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 dolphin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dolphin

How To Uninstall dolphin on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dolphin

Uninstall dolphin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dolphin

Remove dolphin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dolphin

Remove dolphin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dolphin

Dependencies

dolphin have the following dependencies:

• baloo-kf5
• kinit
• kio
• libc6
• libdolphinvcs5

References

• dolphin website

Summary

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