How To Install med-config on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install med-config
on Kali Linux.
What is med-config
med-config is:
This package provides the basic infrastructure of all metapackages assembled by the Debian Med team.
This metapackage provides common features shared between the different metapackages of the project. Moreover it introduces a method to handle a ‘med’ system users group using debconf.
The Debian Med Project include metapackages for different tasks, which are:
- applications for microbiological research and support for development of biological applications
- cloud computing in microbiological research
- drug databases
- dental surgery practice
- epidemiology and medical statistics
- image processing and support for imaging application development
- pharmacological research
- radiation oncology, diagnostic imaging and related fields
- medical practice
- psychological research and practice
- rehabilitation
- typesetting and publishing
- miscellaneous tools
Each task is represented by a metapackage. Metapackages do not contain executable programs, but rather dependencies from other packages. This way you will conveniently get all free medical software which is available for Debian by simply installing the relevant metapackage
There are three methods to install med-config
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 med-config Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install med-config
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install med-config Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install med-config
using apt
by running the following command:
Install med-config 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.
After updating apt database, We can install med-config
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall med-config on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the med-config
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall med-config And Its Dependencies
To uninstall med-config
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove med-config Configurations and Data
To remove med-config
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove med-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove med-config
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
med-config have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install med-config
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.