How To Install blends-tasks on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blends-tasks on Kali Linux.

What is blends-tasks

blends-tasks is:

This package installs a choice of a default installation for each Debian Pure Blend when run from the Debian installer. The installation includes the tasks package of the blend, so a subsequent invocation of tasksel enables the choice of individual tasks.

The package is intended to be installed in the base system. Later (un)installation is harmless, but has no effect.

There are three methods to install blends-tasks 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 blends-tasks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blends-tasks

Install blends-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blends-tasks

Install blends-tasks 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 blends-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blends-tasks

How To Uninstall blends-tasks on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the blends-tasks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blends-tasks

Uninstall blends-tasks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blends-tasks

Remove blends-tasks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge blends-tasks

Remove blends-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blends-tasks

Dependencies

blends-tasks have the following dependencies:

• tasksel

References

• blends-tasks website

Summary

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