How To Install med-laboratory on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install med-laboratory on Kali Linux.

What is med-laboratory

med-laboratory is:

This metapackage contains dependencies for software and that could be useful ro run a medical laboratory.

There are three methods to install med-laboratory 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-laboratory Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install med-laboratory

Install med-laboratory Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install med-laboratory

Install med-laboratory 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 med-laboratory using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install med-laboratory

How To Uninstall med-laboratory on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the med-laboratory package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove med-laboratory

Uninstall med-laboratory And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove med-laboratory

Remove med-laboratory Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge med-laboratory

Remove med-laboratory configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge med-laboratory

Dependencies

med-laboratory have the following dependencies:

• med-config
• med-tasks

References

• med-laboratory website

Summary

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