How To Install dolphin-plugins on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dolphin-plugins on Kali Linux. dolphin-plugins is plugins for Dolphin

Introduction

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

What is dolphin-plugins

dolphin-plugins is:

This package contains plugins for Dolphin that enhance its functionalities.

There are plugins that offer integration with the following version control systems:

  • Bzr
  • Git
  • Mercurial
  • Subversion

Also, there are plugins to offer integration with the following services:

  • Dropbox

Miscellaneous plugins:

  • Mount ISO

This package is part of the KDE Software Development Kit module.

There are three methods to install dolphin-plugins 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-plugins 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-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dolphin-plugins

Install dolphin-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dolphin-plugins

Install dolphin-plugins 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-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dolphin-plugins

How To Uninstall dolphin-plugins on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dolphin-plugins

Uninstall dolphin-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dolphin-plugins

Remove dolphin-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dolphin-plugins

Remove dolphin-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dolphin-plugins

Dependencies

dolphin-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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