How To Install paperwork-gtk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install paperwork-gtk on Kali Linux. paperwork-gtk is Paperwork is a personal document manager - GTK3 frontend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paperwork-gtk on Kali Linux.

What is paperwork-gtk

paperwork-gtk is:

This is the GTK3 frontend part of Paperwork. It manages: The work directory / Access to the documents, Indexing, Searching, Suggestions, Import, Export.

Paperwork is a personal document manager. It manages scanned documents and PDFs. It’s designed to be easy and fast to use. The idea behind Paperwork is “scan & forget”: You can just scan a new document and forget about it until the day you need it again. In other words, let the machine do most of the work for you.

There are three methods to install paperwork-gtk 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 paperwork-gtk Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install paperwork-gtk

Install paperwork-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install paperwork-gtk

Install paperwork-gtk 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 paperwork-gtk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install paperwork-gtk

How To Uninstall paperwork-gtk on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the paperwork-gtk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove paperwork-gtk

Uninstall paperwork-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove paperwork-gtk

Remove paperwork-gtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge paperwork-gtk

Remove paperwork-gtk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge paperwork-gtk

Dependencies

paperwork-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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