How To Install tuxcmd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tuxcmd on Kali Linux. tuxcmd is twin-panel (commander-style) file manager using GTK+ 2

Introduction

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

What is tuxcmd

tuxcmd is:

Tux Commander is a windowed file manager with 2 panels side by side similar to popular Total Commander or Midnight Commander file managers.

General features:

  • Two directory panels side by side (vertical)
  • Tabbed interface, buttons for quick access to favorite places
  • Configurable mounter bar for quick access to removable media and network shares
  • Multilingual user interface
  • Extendable via plugin system
  • Extension-based file type actions (associations)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tuxcmd

Install tuxcmd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tuxcmd

Install tuxcmd 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 tuxcmd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tuxcmd

How To Uninstall tuxcmd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tuxcmd

Uninstall tuxcmd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tuxcmd

Remove tuxcmd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tuxcmd

Remove tuxcmd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tuxcmd

Dependencies

tuxcmd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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