Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install android-file-transfer on Kali Linux.
What is android-file-transfer
android-file-transfer is:
Android-File-Transfer is a reliable MTP client with minimalistic UI.
Its features are:
- Simple Qt UI with progress dialogs.
- FUSE wrapper, supporting partial read/writes, allowing instant access
to your files. - No file size limits.
- Automatically renames album cover to make it visible from media player.
- USB ??Zerocopy?? support found in recent Linux kernel (no user/kernel
data copying). - No extra dependencies (e.g. libptp/libmtp).
- Available as static/shared library.
- Command line tool (aft-mtp-cli).
There are three methods to install android-file-transfer 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 android-file-transfer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install android-file-transfer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install android-file-transfer
Install android-file-transfer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install android-file-transfer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install android-file-transferInstall android-file-transfer 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 android-file-transfer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install android-file-transfer
How To Uninstall android-file-transfer on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the android-file-transfer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove android-file-transfer
Uninstall android-file-transfer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall android-file-transfer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove android-file-transfer
Remove android-file-transfer Configurations and Data
To remove android-file-transfer configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge android-file-transfer
Remove android-file-transfer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove android-file-transfer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge android-file-transfer
Dependencies
android-file-transfer have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libfuse2
- libgcc-s1
- libqt5core5a
- libqt5gui5
- libqt5network5
- libqt5widgets5
- libreadline8
- libstdc++6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install android-file-transfer package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
