How to install Dukto on Ubuntu 17.04
To install Dukto on Ubuntu 17.04
Dukto is an open-source, multi-platform file transfer tool that enables the users to easily send files from one computer to another, via LAN, without requiring any configuration to be done. To use Dukto you need be on a LAN network with other machines so that the file transfer can be started. By default, the files will be saved in the home directory. The users can also send text, data from clipboard, files and folder through Dukto. This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Dukto on Ubuntu 17.04.
Installation procedure
To start with the installation procedure, install the gdebi packge installer and execute the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme
libgconf-2-4 libgksu2-0
Suggested packages:
gconf-defaults-service
The following NEW packages will be installed:
gconf-service gconf-service-backend gconf2 gconf2-common gdebi gdebi-core gksu gnome-icon-theme
libgconf-2-4 libgksu2-0
0 upgraded, 10 newly installed, 0 to remove and 285 not upgraded.
Need to get 10.0 MB of archives.
After this operation, 19.4 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
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Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7+nmu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.24-9ubuntu2) ...
The gdebi installer has been installed successfully in the system. Now download the Dukto application by executing the following wget command followed by the download link.
root@linuxhelp:~# wget download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/colomboem/xUbuntu_12.04/amd64/dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb
--2017-11-01 06:57:06-- http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/colomboem/xUbuntu_12.04/amd64/dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb
Resolving download.opensuse.org (download.opensuse.org)... 195.135.221.134
Connecting to download.opensuse.org (download.opensuse.org)|195.135.221.134|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
Location: http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/colomboem/xUbuntu_12.04/amd64/dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb [following]
--2017-11-01 06:57:07-- http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories/home:/colomboem/xUbuntu_12.04/amd64/dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb
Resolving ftp.gwdg.de (ftp.gwdg.de)... 134.76.12.6
Connecting to ftp.gwdg.de (ftp.gwdg.de)|134.76.12.6|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 258690 (253K) [application/octet-stream]
Saving to: ‘ dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb’
dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb 100%[==================================> ] 252.63K --.-KB/s in 0.007s
2017-11-01 06:57:08 (35.1 MB/s) - ‘ dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb’ saved [258690/258690]
The packge has been installed successfully in the system. Now install the dukto debian package using gdebi installer by running the following command.
root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
Easy multi-platform file and text transfer tool
Dukto is an easy file transfer tool designed for LAN use.
You can use it to transfer files from one PC to another,
without worrying about users, permissions, operating systems,
protocols, clients, servers and so on... Just start dukto on
the two PCs and transfer files and folders by dragging onto
it' s window.
Do you want to install the software package? [y/N]:y
Selecting previously unselected package dukto.
(Reading database ... 176837 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack dukto_6.0-1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking dukto (6.0-1) ...
Setting up dukto (6.0-1) ...
Processing triggers for bamfdaemon (0.5.3+17.04.20170406-0ubuntu1) ...
Rebuilding /usr/share/applications/bamf-2.index...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-6ubuntu5) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1ubuntu2) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) ...
The package has been installed in the target system. To run the application, type dukto in Ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run the application. The Dukto appliction is running in the system without any glitches.
Thus we conclude the installation procedure of Dukto on Ubuntu 17.04.