Install Personal Desktop Client on Linux

This article describes how to install Nexus Personal Desktop Client on Linux.

The installation program consist of a two types of packages

For Ubuntu distributions:
A deb package named personal-<VERSION_NUMBER>_<PLATFORM>.deb
For Red Hat/CentOS distributions:
An rpm package named personal-<VERSION_NUMBER>.<DISTRO_NUMBER>.<PLATFORM>.rpm

Step-by-step instructions

Install Personal Desktop Client on Linux, Ubuntu distributions

Double click the .deb file or, for example, use gdebi to install from the command line.

If you later want to add PKCS#11 integration for other products, such as Firefox and Thunderbird, you can run dpkg-reconfigure. Integration will be added to those users which have a profile directory. (For instance, there is no Firefox profile directory before Firefox has been started for the first time.)

Example:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure personal

Install Personal Desktop Client on Linux, Red Hat/CentOS distributions

Double click the .rpm file or, for example, use rpm or yum to install from the command line.

Configuration file

A configuration file is shipped with the product, located in /etc/personal/Personal.cfg. It includes information about specific options and comments and is intended for an admin user.

A private configuration file is created when Personal Desktop Client is started. It will be added in ~/.personal/config/Personal.cfg.

Sample configuration file

See this sample configuration file for Personal Desktop Client that includes all possible options.

Uninstall Personal Desktop Client on Linux, Ubuntu distributions

To uninstall Personal Desktop Client on Linux (Ubuntu distribution), use any of the following methods:

apt-get remove
CODE
```
$ sudo apt-get remove personal
```

apt-get purge
When you purge packages, you remove the packages and their configuration files. Enter the command below to purge a package in a terminal window.
CODE
```
$ sudo apt-get purge personal
```
After a purge, you should normally do:
CODE
```
$ sudo apt-get autoremove
```

Uninstall Personal Desktop Client on Linux, Red Hat/CentOS distributions

To uninstall Personal Desktop Client on Linux (Red Hat/CentOS distribution) use any of the following methods:

yum remove

CODE

$ sudo yum remove personal

rpm -e
When you purge packages, you remove the packages and their configuration files. Enter the command below to purge a package in a terminal window.

CODE

$ sudo rpm -e personal

Additional information

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