How To Install rclone on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone on Kali Linux. rclone is rsync for commercial cloud storage

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rclone on Kali Linux.

What is rclone

rclone is:

Rclone is a program to sync files and directories between the local file system and a variety of commercial cloud storage providers:

  • Google Drive
  • Amazon S3
  • Openstack Swift / Rackspace cloud files / Memset Memstore
  • Dropbox
  • Google Cloud Storage
  • Amazon Drive
  • Microsoft One Drive
  • Hubic
  • Backblaze B2
  • Yandex Disk

There are three methods to install rclone 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 rclone Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rclone

Install rclone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rclone using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rclone

Install rclone 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 rclone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rclone

How To Uninstall rclone on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rclone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rclone

Uninstall rclone And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rclone

Remove rclone Configurations and Data

To remove rclone configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rclone

Remove rclone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rclone

Dependencies

rclone have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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