How To Install nautilus-sendto on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nautilus-sendto on Kali Linux.

What is nautilus-sendto

nautilus-sendto is:

The Nautilus Send To plugin provides the Nautilus file manager with a context menu component for quickly sending files via email.

Supported email clients are Evolution, Thunderbird/Icedove, balsa and Sylpheed/Claws.

Nautilus Send To also provides the option of compressing the files (tar.bz2, tar.gz, or zip) before sending.

There are three methods to install nautilus-sendto 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 nautilus-sendto Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install nautilus-sendto using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install nautilus-sendto

Install nautilus-sendto Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nautilus-sendto

Install nautilus-sendto 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 nautilus-sendto using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nautilus-sendto

How To Uninstall nautilus-sendto on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nautilus-sendto package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nautilus-sendto

Uninstall nautilus-sendto And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nautilus-sendto

Remove nautilus-sendto Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nautilus-sendto

Remove nautilus-sendto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nautilus-sendto

Dependencies

nautilus-sendto have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0

References

• nautilus-sendto website

Summary

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