How To Install file-roller on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install file-roller on Kali Linux. file-roller is archive manager for GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install file-roller on Kali Linux.

What is file-roller

file-roller is:

File-roller is an archive manager for the GNOME environment. It allows you to:

  • Create and modify archives.
  • View the content of an archive.
  • View a file contained in an archive.
  • Extract files from the archive.

File-roller supports the following formats:

  • Tar (.tar) archives, including those compressed with gzip (.tar.gz, .tgz), bzip (.tar.bz, .tbz), bzip2 (.tar.bz2, .tbz2), compress (.tar.Z, .taz), lzip (.tar.lz, .tlz), lzop (.tar.lzo, .tzo), lzma (.tar.lzma) and xz (.tar.xz)
  • Zip archives (.zip)
  • Jar archives (.jar, .ear, .war)
  • 7z archives (.7z)
  • iso9660 CD images (.iso)
  • Lha archives (.lzh)
  • Archiver archives (.ar)
  • Comic book archives (.cbz)
  • Single files compressed with gzip (.gz), bzip (.bz), bzip2 (.bz2), compress (.Z), lzip (.lz), lzop (.lzo), lzma (.lzma) and xz (.xz)

File-roller can extract following formats:

  • Cabinet archives (.cab)
  • Debian binary packages (.deb)
  • Xar archives (.xar)

File-roller doesn’t perform archive operations by itself, but relies on standard tools for this.

There are three methods to install file-roller 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 file-roller Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install file-roller

Install file-roller Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install file-roller

Install file-roller 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 file-roller using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install file-roller

How To Uninstall file-roller on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the file-roller package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove file-roller

Uninstall file-roller And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove file-roller

Remove file-roller Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge file-roller

Remove file-roller configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge file-roller

Dependencies

file-roller have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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