How To Install science-tasks on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is science-tasks

science-tasks is:

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install science-tasks

Install science-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install science-tasks

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

sudo aptitude -y install science-tasks

How To Uninstall science-tasks on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove science-tasks

Uninstall science-tasks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove science-tasks

Remove science-tasks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge science-tasks

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

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

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

Dependencies

science-tasks have the following dependencies:

• tasksel

References

• science-tasks website

Summary

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