How To Install tango-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tango-common on Kali Linux.

What is tango-common

tango-common is:

This package provides shared files for the TANGO distributed control system, and sets up the required infrastructure. It is for now an empty package

There are three methods to install tango-common 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 tango-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tango-common

Install tango-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tango-common

Install tango-common 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 tango-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tango-common

How To Uninstall tango-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tango-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tango-common

Uninstall tango-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tango-common

Remove tango-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tango-common

Remove tango-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tango-common

Dependencies

tango-common have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• debconf

References

• tango-common website

Summary

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