How To Install trash-cli on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install trash-cli on Kali Linux.

What is trash-cli

trash-cli is:

This package provides a command line interface trashcan utility compliant with the FreeDesktop.org Trash Specification. It remembers the name, original path, deletion date, and permissions of each trashed file

There are three methods to install trash-cli 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 trash-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install trash-cli

Install trash-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install trash-cli

Install trash-cli 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 trash-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install trash-cli

How To Uninstall trash-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the trash-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove trash-cli

Uninstall trash-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove trash-cli

Remove trash-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge trash-cli

Remove trash-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trash-cli

Dependencies

trash-cli have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• trash-cli website

Summary

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