How To Install debconf-doc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is debconf-doc

This package contains lots of additional documentation for Debconf, including the debconf user’s guide, documentation about using different backend databases via the /etc/debconf.conf file, and a developer’s guide to debconf.

There are three ways to install debconf-doc 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 debconf-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install debconf-doc

Install debconf-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install debconf-doc

Install debconf-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude 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 debconf-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install debconf-doc

How To Uninstall debconf-doc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove debconf-doc

Uninstall debconf-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove debconf-doc

Remove debconf-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge debconf-doc

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

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

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

References

• debconf-doc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install debconf-doc using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.