How To Install rox-filer on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rox-filer on Kali Linux.

What is rox-filer

rox-filer is:

ROX-Filer is a simple and easy to use graphical file manager for X11 based on the GTK2 library. It uses a uniform drag-and-drop approach for every operation.

It is also the core component of the ROX Desktop Environment.

Invoking rox opens each directory or file listed, or the current working directory if no arguments are given.

There are three methods to install rox-filer 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 rox-filer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rox-filer

Install rox-filer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rox-filer

Install rox-filer 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 rox-filer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rox-filer

How To Uninstall rox-filer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rox-filer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rox-filer

Uninstall rox-filer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rox-filer

Remove rox-filer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rox-filer

Remove rox-filer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rox-filer

Dependencies

rox-filer have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libice6

References

• rox-filer website

Summary

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