How To Install plasma-vault on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-vault on Kali Linux.
What is plasma-vault
plasma-vault is:
File encryption widget.
There are three methods to install plasma-vault 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 plasma-vault Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install plasma-vault using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install plasma-vaultInstall plasma-vault Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install plasma-vault using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install plasma-vaultInstall plasma-vault 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 plasma-vault using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install plasma-vaultHow To Uninstall plasma-vault on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the plasma-vault package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove plasma-vaultUninstall plasma-vault And Its Dependencies
To uninstall plasma-vault and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-vaultRemove plasma-vault Configurations and Data
To remove plasma-vault configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-vaultRemove plasma-vault configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove plasma-vault configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-vaultDependencies
plasma-vault have the following dependencies:
- cryfs
- encfs
- plasma-framework
- qml-module-qtquick-layouts
- qml-module-qtquick2
- kio
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libkf5activities5
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5dbusaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5networkmanagerqt6
- libkf5plasma5
- libkf5widgetsaddons5
- libprocesscore9
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-vault package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.