How To Install live-task-cinnamon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-task-cinnamon on Kali Linux. live-task-cinnamon is Live environment support for Cinnamon

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install live-task-cinnamon on Kali Linux.

What is live-task-cinnamon

live-task-cinnamon is:

This metapackage installs packages and documentation to support the Debian live Cinnamon environment.

There are three methods to install live-task-cinnamon 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 live-task-cinnamon Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install live-task-cinnamon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install live-task-cinnamon

Install live-task-cinnamon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install live-task-cinnamon using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install live-task-cinnamon

Install live-task-cinnamon 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 live-task-cinnamon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install live-task-cinnamon

How To Uninstall live-task-cinnamon on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the live-task-cinnamon package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove live-task-cinnamon

Uninstall live-task-cinnamon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove live-task-cinnamon

Remove live-task-cinnamon Configurations and Data

To remove live-task-cinnamon configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge live-task-cinnamon

Remove live-task-cinnamon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove live-task-cinnamon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge live-task-cinnamon

Dependencies

live-task-cinnamon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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