How To Install gerstensaft on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gerstensaft

gerstensaft is:

Gerstensaft is an easy to use graphical oriented frontend for sendfile(1). It features sending files and directories and provides a history for addresses.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gerstensaft

Install gerstensaft Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gerstensaft

Install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gerstensaft

How To Uninstall gerstensaft on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gerstensaft

Uninstall gerstensaft And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gerstensaft

Remove gerstensaft Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gerstensaft

Remove gerstensaft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gerstensaft

Dependencies

gerstensaft have the following dependencies:

• libatk1.0-0
• libc6
• libcairo2
• libfontconfig1
• libfreetype6
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libpango-1.0-0
• libpangocairo-1.0-0
• libpangoft2-1.0-0
• sendfile

References

• gerstensaft website

Summary

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