How To Install kio-extras-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kio-extras-data on Kali Linux.

What is kio-extras-data

kio-extras-data is:

A kioslave is a plugin designed to be intimately familiar with a certain protocol, so that a standardized interface can be used to get at data from any number of places. A few examples are the http and ftp kioslaves, which using nearly identical methods will retrieve data from an http or ftp server respectively.

This package contains the data files

There are three methods to install kio-extras-data 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 kio-extras-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kio-extras-data

Install kio-extras-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kio-extras-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kio-extras-data

Install kio-extras-data 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 kio-extras-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kio-extras-data

How To Uninstall kio-extras-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kio-extras-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kio-extras-data

Uninstall kio-extras-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kio-extras-data

Remove kio-extras-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kio-extras-data

Remove kio-extras-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kio-extras-data

Dependencies

kio-extras-data have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• kio-extras-data website

Summary

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