How To Install gis-tasks on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is gis-tasks

gis-tasks is:

This package provides Debian GIS tasks in tasksel.

These tasks are described in detail at http://blends.debian.org/gis/tasks/

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

sudo apt-get -y install gis-tasks

Install gis-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gis-tasks

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

sudo aptitude -y install gis-tasks

How To Uninstall gis-tasks on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gis-tasks

Uninstall gis-tasks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gis-tasks

Remove gis-tasks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gis-tasks

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

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

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

Dependencies

gis-tasks have the following dependencies:

• tasksel

References

• gis-tasks website

Summary

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