How To Install nautilus-wipe on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-wipe
on Kali Linux.
What is nautilus-wipe
nautilus-wipe is:
Nautilus Wipe is a Nautilus extension that adds “Securely erase” and “Securely fill empty space” items to the right-click menu.
The progress and results of the operations are shown in a progress dialog.
There are three methods to install nautilus-wipe
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-wipe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-wipe
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-wipe
Install nautilus-wipe Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-wipe
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nautilus-wipe
Install nautilus-wipe 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 nautilus-wipe
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-wipe
How To Uninstall nautilus-wipe on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the nautilus-wipe
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nautilus-wipe
Uninstall nautilus-wipe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nautilus-wipe
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-wipe
Remove nautilus-wipe Configurations and Data
To remove nautilus-wipe
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-wipe
Remove nautilus-wipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nautilus-wipe
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-wipe
Dependencies
nautilus-wipe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-wipe
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.