How To Install education-workstation on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is education-workstation

education-workstation is:

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install education-workstation

Install education-workstation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install education-workstation

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

sudo aptitude -y install education-workstation

How To Uninstall education-workstation on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove education-workstation

Uninstall education-workstation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-workstation

Remove education-workstation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge education-workstation

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

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

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

Dependencies

education-workstation have the following dependencies:

• education-tasks

References

• education-workstation website

Summary

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