How To Install partitionmanager on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install partitionmanager on Kali Linux.
What is partitionmanager
partitionmanager is:
Partition Manager is a utility program to help you manage the disk devices, partitions and file systems on your computer. It allows you to easily create, copy, move, delete, resize without losing data, backup and restore partitions.
Partition Manager supports a large number of file systems, including ext2/3/4, reiserfs, NTFS, FAT16/32, jfs, xfs and more. Note that to gain support for a specific file system other than ext2/3/4, you should install the corresponding suggested package.
Partition Manager is based on libparted (like gparted) and makes use of the KDE libraries for its user interface.
There are three methods to install partitionmanager 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 partitionmanager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install partitionmanager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install partitionmanagerInstall partitionmanager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install partitionmanager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install partitionmanagerInstall partitionmanager 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 partitionmanager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install partitionmanagerHow To Uninstall partitionmanager on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the partitionmanager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove partitionmanagerUninstall partitionmanager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall partitionmanager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove partitionmanagerRemove partitionmanager Configurations and Data
To remove partitionmanager configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge partitionmanagerRemove partitionmanager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove partitionmanager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge partitionmanagerDependencies
partitionmanager have the following dependencies:
- kio
- libc6
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configgui5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5crash5
- libkf5dbusaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5jobwidgets5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libkf5xmlgui5
- libkpmcore10
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5widgets5
- libstdc++6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install partitionmanager package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
