How To Install kali-defaults on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kali-defaults on Kali Linux.

What is kali-defaults

kali-defaults is:

This package implements various default settings within Kali.

The size of this package (including its dependencies) should be rather limited because it is included in all Kali images, even minimalistic ones such as docker images.

There are three methods to install kali-defaults 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 kali-defaults Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kali-defaults

Install kali-defaults Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kali-defaults

Install kali-defaults 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 kali-defaults using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kali-defaults

How To Uninstall kali-defaults on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kali-defaults package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kali-defaults

Uninstall kali-defaults And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kali-defaults

Remove kali-defaults Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kali-defaults

Remove kali-defaults configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kali-defaults

Dependencies

kali-defaults have the following dependencies:

References

• kali-defaults website

Summary

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