How To Install education-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-common on Kali Linux.

What is education-common

education-common is:

A metapackage containing dependencies for packages required on all installations in the Debian Edu Blend.

There are three methods to install education-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 education-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 education-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install education-common

Install education-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install education-common

Install education-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 education-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install education-common

How To Uninstall education-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the education-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove education-common

Uninstall education-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-common

Remove education-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge education-common

Remove education-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-common

Dependencies

education-common have the following dependencies:

• education-tasks

References

• education-common website

Summary

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