How To Install debian-reference-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-reference-common
on Kali Linux.
What is debian-reference-common
debian-reference-common is:
This Debian Reference is intended to provide a broad overview of the Debian system as a post-installation user’s guide. It covers many aspects of system administration through shell-command examples for non-developers.
This provides menu functionality and other common files.
There are three methods to install debian-reference-common
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 debian-reference-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-reference-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install debian-reference-common
Install debian-reference-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install debian-reference-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install debian-reference-common
Install debian-reference-common 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 debian-reference-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install debian-reference-common
How To Uninstall debian-reference-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the debian-reference-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove debian-reference-common
Uninstall debian-reference-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall debian-reference-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove debian-reference-common
Remove debian-reference-common Configurations and Data
To remove debian-reference-common
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge debian-reference-common
Remove debian-reference-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove debian-reference-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge debian-reference-common
Dependencies
debian-reference-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install debian-reference-common
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.