How To Install thunar-dropbox-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunar-dropbox-plugin on Kali Linux.

What is thunar-dropbox-plugin

thunar-dropbox-plugin is:

Thunar Dropbox is a plugin for thunar that adds context-menu items from dropbox. This plugin does not come with dropbox itself, you will need to install that separately.

There are three methods to install thunar-dropbox-plugin 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 thunar-dropbox-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install thunar-dropbox-plugin

Install thunar-dropbox-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install thunar-dropbox-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install thunar-dropbox-plugin

Install thunar-dropbox-plugin 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 thunar-dropbox-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thunar-dropbox-plugin

How To Uninstall thunar-dropbox-plugin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the thunar-dropbox-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thunar-dropbox-plugin

Uninstall thunar-dropbox-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunar-dropbox-plugin

Remove thunar-dropbox-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove thunar-dropbox-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge thunar-dropbox-plugin

Remove thunar-dropbox-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove thunar-dropbox-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunar-dropbox-plugin

Dependencies

thunar-dropbox-plugin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libthunarx-3-0
• thunar

References

• thunar-dropbox-plugin website

Summary

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