How To Install gerstensaft on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gerstensaft on Kali Linux.
What is gerstensaft
gerstensaft is:
Gerstensaft is an easy to use graphical oriented frontend for sendfile(1). It features sending files and directories and provides a history for addresses.
There are three methods to install gerstensaft 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 gerstensaft Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gerstensaftInstall gerstensaft Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gerstensaftInstall gerstensaft 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install gerstensaft using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gerstensaftHow To Uninstall gerstensaft on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the gerstensaft package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gerstensaftUninstall gerstensaft And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gerstensaft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gerstensaftRemove gerstensaft Configurations and Data
To remove gerstensaft configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gerstensaftRemove gerstensaft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gerstensaft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gerstensaftDependencies
gerstensaft have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- sendfile
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gerstensaft package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
