How To Install joplin-cli on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install joplin-cli on Kali Linux.
What is joplin-cli
joplin-cli is:
This package contains a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. The notes are in Markdown format.
Notes exported from Evernote via .enex files can be imported into Joplin, including the formatted content (which is converted to Markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.). Plain Markdown files can also be imported.
The notes can be synchronised with various cloud services including Nextcloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, WebDAV or the file system (for example with a network directory). When synchronising the notes, notebooks, tags and other metadata are saved to plain text files which can be easily inspected, backed up and moved around.
This package contains the Command Line Interface.
There are three methods to install joplin-cli 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 joplin-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install joplin-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install joplin-cliInstall joplin-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install joplin-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install joplin-cliInstall joplin-cli 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install joplin-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install joplin-cliHow To Uninstall joplin-cli on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the joplin-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove joplin-cliUninstall joplin-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall joplin-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove joplin-cliRemove joplin-cli Configurations and Data
To remove joplin-cli configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge joplin-cliRemove joplin-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove joplin-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge joplin-cliDependencies
joplin-cli have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install joplin-cli package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.