How To Install electronics-tasks on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install electronics-tasks on Kali Linux. electronics-tasks is Debian Electronics tasks for tasksel

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install electronics-tasks on Kali Linux.

What is electronics-tasks

electronics-tasks is:

This package is part of the Debian Pure Blend “Debian Electronics” and provides additional tasks for tasksel. If this package will be installed all tasks which are provided by Debian Electronics will be added to the tasksel menu.

There are three methods to install electronics-tasks 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 electronics-tasks Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install electronics-tasks

Install electronics-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install electronics-tasks

Install electronics-tasks 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 electronics-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install electronics-tasks

How To Uninstall electronics-tasks on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the electronics-tasks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove electronics-tasks

Uninstall electronics-tasks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove electronics-tasks

Remove electronics-tasks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge electronics-tasks

Remove electronics-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge electronics-tasks

Dependencies

electronics-tasks have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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