How To Install doublecmd-plugins on Kali Linux

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

Introduction

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

What is doublecmd-plugins

doublecmd-plugins 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 plugins.

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

sudo apt-get -y install doublecmd-plugins

Install doublecmd-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doublecmd-plugins

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

sudo aptitude -y install doublecmd-plugins

How To Uninstall doublecmd-plugins on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove doublecmd-plugins

Uninstall doublecmd-plugins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doublecmd-plugins

Remove doublecmd-plugins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doublecmd-plugins

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

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

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

Dependencies

doublecmd-plugins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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