How To Install doublecmd-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install doublecmd-common on Kali Linux.

What is doublecmd-common

doublecmd-common is:

Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

Support for RAR archives can be enabled by installing the libunrar-dev package from non-free.

This package contains common files.

There are three methods to install doublecmd-common 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 doublecmd-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install doublecmd-common

Install doublecmd-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doublecmd-common

Install doublecmd-common 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 doublecmd-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install doublecmd-common

How To Uninstall doublecmd-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the doublecmd-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove doublecmd-common

Uninstall doublecmd-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doublecmd-common

Remove doublecmd-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doublecmd-common

Remove doublecmd-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge doublecmd-common

Dependencies

doublecmd-common have the following dependencies:

• desktop-file-utils

References

• doublecmd-common website

Summary

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