How To Install doublecmd-gtk on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install doublecmd-gtk on Kali Linux. doublecmd-gtk is twin-panel (commander-style) file manager (GTK2)

Introduction

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

What is doublecmd-gtk

doublecmd-gtk 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 libunrar5 package from non-free.

This package contains the GTK2 user interface.

There are three methods to install doublecmd-gtk 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-gtk 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-gtk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install doublecmd-gtk

Install doublecmd-gtk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doublecmd-gtk

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

sudo aptitude -y install doublecmd-gtk

How To Uninstall doublecmd-gtk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove doublecmd-gtk

Uninstall doublecmd-gtk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doublecmd-gtk

Remove doublecmd-gtk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doublecmd-gtk

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

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

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

Dependencies

doublecmd-gtk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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