How To Install doublecmd-qt on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install doublecmd-qt on Kali Linux. doublecmd-qt is twin-panel (commander-style) file manager (Qt5)

Introduction

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

What is doublecmd-qt

doublecmd-qt 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 Qt5 user interface.

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

sudo apt-get -y install doublecmd-qt

Install doublecmd-qt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install doublecmd-qt

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

sudo aptitude -y install doublecmd-qt

How To Uninstall doublecmd-qt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove doublecmd-qt

Uninstall doublecmd-qt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove doublecmd-qt

Remove doublecmd-qt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge doublecmd-qt

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

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

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

Dependencies

doublecmd-qt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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