How To Install kdeconnect on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnect on Kali Linux.
What is kdeconnect
kdeconnect is:
Tool to integrate your smartphone, tablet, and desktop devices. Remote-control, share files, synchronize notifications, and more! At the moment it only supports Android-based mobile devices. Linux desktop devices are well-supported, with ports available for other operating systems.
There are three methods to install kdeconnect 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 kdeconnect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kdeconnect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kdeconnectInstall kdeconnect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install kdeconnect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kdeconnectInstall kdeconnect 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 kdeconnect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kdeconnectHow To Uninstall kdeconnect on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the kdeconnect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kdeconnectUninstall kdeconnect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kdeconnect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kdeconnectRemove kdeconnect Configurations and Data
To remove kdeconnect configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kdeconnectRemove kdeconnect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kdeconnect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kdeconnectDependencies
kdeconnect have the following dependencies:
- kpeople-vcard
- libqca-qt5-2-plugins
- plasma-framework
- qml-module-org-kde-kirigami2
- qml-module-org-kde-kquickcontrolsaddons
- qml-module-org-kde-people
- qml-module-qt-labs-platform
- qml-module-qtgraphicaleffects
- qml-module-qtmultimedia
- qml-module-qtqml
- qml-module-qtquick-controls2
- qml-module-qtquick-dialogs
- qml-module-qtquick-layouts
- qml-module-qtquick-particles2
- qml-module-qtquick-window2
- qml-module-qtquick2
- sshfs
- kio
- libc6
- libfakekey0
- libkf5configcore5
- libkf5configwidgets5
- libkf5coreaddons5
- libkf5dbusaddons5
- libkf5i18n5
- libkf5iconthemes5
- libkf5kcmutils5
- libkf5kiocore5
- libkf5kiofilewidgets5
- libkf5kiogui5
- libkf5kiowidgets5
- libkf5notifications5
- libkf5people5
- libkf5pulseaudioqt2
- libkf5service-bin
- libkf5service5
- libkf5solid5
- libkf5waylandclient5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kdeconnect package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
