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ColForbin
2021-08-21, 13:38
I've searched the forums, and read a couple of archived threads concerning dependency issues, when attempting to install megasync.
I stumbled onto a solution that may help others. Mega maintains a version of megasync for Debian Testing. You can find it here:
https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_testing/amd64/
Browsing one directory up from there, you'll find source files, which could possibly be used to compile a 32bit version, but that's beyond the scope of this how-to (or I could simply be wrong).
Once you've downloaded the megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb package (or whichever version is current when you're reading this), you can use dpkg to install.
dpkg -i megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb
Then,
apt -f install
TommyTheTester
2021-09-19, 02:08
I've searched the forums, and read a couple of archived threads concerning dependency issues, when attempting to install megasync.
I stumbled onto a solution that may help others. Mega maintains a version of megasync for Debian Testing. You can find it here:
https://mega.nz/linux/MEGAsync/Debian_testing/amd64/
Browsing one directory up from there, you'll find source files, which could possibly be used to compile a 32bit version, but that's beyond the scope of this how-to (or I could simply be wrong).
Once you've downloaded the megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb package (or whichever version is current when you're reading this), you can use dpkg to install.
dpkg -i megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb
Then,
apt -f install
I don't know what MegaSync is but it sounded interesting so I wanted to have a go at installing it. I downloaded it and was looking forward to seeing what it was, however, my anticipation was short-lived when Terminal returned the following:
┌──(root��kali)-[/home/tommy/Downloads]
└─# dpkg -i megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb
dpkg: error: cannot access archive 'megasync_4.5.3-1.1_amd64.deb': No such file or directory
Do you know why it does this and how to fix it?
Thanks
~ Tommy
ColForbin
2022-03-13, 14:06
Here is an updated method of installing MEGAsync, the proper way:
First, we need to download and "unpack" the ascii-armored signing key from Mega's server, and install it to our keyrings directory.
In a terminal, issue the following command:
wget --inet4-only -O- https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/megasync-archive-keyring.gpg
Then, we create a file, separate from Kali's sources.list file, containing Mega's repository (adjust for the architecture of your system):
echo "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/megasync-archive-keyring.gpg] https://mega.nz/linux/repo/Debian_testing ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/megasync.list
Next, we update our package lists, install any outstanding updates, and remove packages no longer required:
sudo apt update && sudo apt -y full-upgrade && sudo apt autoremove
Finally, we can install MEGAsync:
sudo apt install megasync
If you're using GNOME as your desktop environment, you can now integrate MEGA into the Nautilus file manager via:
sudo apt install nautilus-megasync
Similarly, if you're using the default Xfce desktop environment, you can now integrate MEGA into the Thunar file manager with:
sudo apt install thunar-megasync
mollyvaynerchuck
2022-04-27, 07:20
Is the MegaSync desktop app safe?