How To Install xarchiver on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xarchiver on Kali Linux. xarchiver is GTK+ frontend for most used compression formats

Introduction

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

What is xarchiver

xarchiver is:

Xarchiver is a lightweight desktop independent GTK+ frontend for manipulating xz, 7z, lzma, arj, bzip2, gzip, rar, tar, zip, rpm, lz4, compress, zstd, lzip, lrzip, lzop, lha, ar files including the deb format and self-extracting exe files, if they were internally compressed with either 7zip, arj, lha, rar or zip. Multi-threading tools such as lbzip2, pbzip2, pigz and plzip can be used as replacements for their respective counterparts.

Xarchiver allows you to create archives and add, extract, and delete files from them. Password protected archives in the arj, 7z, rar, zip and lrzip formats are supported.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xarchiver

Install xarchiver Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xarchiver

Install xarchiver 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 xarchiver using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xarchiver

How To Uninstall xarchiver on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xarchiver

Uninstall xarchiver And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xarchiver

Remove xarchiver Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xarchiver

Remove xarchiver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xarchiver

Dependencies

xarchiver have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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