How To Install apt-transport-https on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apt-transport-https on Kali Linux.

What is apt-transport-https

apt-transport-https is:

This is a dummy transitional package - https support has been moved into the apt package in 1.5. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install apt-transport-https 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 apt-transport-https Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install apt-transport-https

Install apt-transport-https Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install apt-transport-https

Install apt-transport-https 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 apt-transport-https using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install apt-transport-https

How To Uninstall apt-transport-https on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the apt-transport-https package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove apt-transport-https

Uninstall apt-transport-https And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove apt-transport-https

Remove apt-transport-https Configurations and Data

To remove apt-transport-https configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge apt-transport-https

Remove apt-transport-https configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove apt-transport-https configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apt-transport-https

Dependencies

apt-transport-https have the following dependencies:

• apt

References

• apt-transport-https website

Summary

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