How To Install debaux-debconf on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install debaux-debconf on Kali Linux.

What is debaux-debconf

debaux-debconf is:

This package contains the DebAux::Debconf module, which provides an easy-to-use interface for some of the Debconf::Client::ConfModule functions.

It has been separated from the debaux package to allow packages utilizing this package during configuration and/or installation without drawing the whole list of debaux’s dependencies.

There are three methods to install debaux-debconf 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 debaux-debconf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debaux-debconf

Install debaux-debconf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debaux-debconf

Install debaux-debconf 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 debaux-debconf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debaux-debconf

How To Uninstall debaux-debconf on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the debaux-debconf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove debaux-debconf

Uninstall debaux-debconf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debaux-debconf

Remove debaux-debconf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debaux-debconf

Remove debaux-debconf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debaux-debconf

Dependencies

debaux-debconf have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• debaux-debconf website

Summary

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