How To Install nautilus-hide on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-hide on Kali Linux.
What is nautilus-hide
nautilus-hide is:
Nautilus Hide is a simple Python extension for the Nautilus file manager that adds options to the right-click menu to hide or unhide files.
The extension hides the files without renaming them (i.e. without prefixing a dot (’.’) or suffixing a tilde (’~’)). It does that by adding their names to the folder’s ‘.hidden’ file, which Nautilus reads to hide the listed files the next time you open or refresh the folder.
There are three methods to install nautilus-hide 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 nautilus-hide Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nautilus-hide using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-hideInstall nautilus-hide Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install nautilus-hide using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-hideInstall nautilus-hide 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 nautilus-hide using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-hideHow To Uninstall nautilus-hide on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nautilus-hide package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-hideUninstall nautilus-hide And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-hide and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-hideRemove nautilus-hide Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-hide configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-hideRemove nautilus-hide configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-hide configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-hideDependencies
nautilus-hide have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-hide package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.