How To Install task-web-server on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install task-web-server on Kali Linux. task-web-server is web server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install task-web-server on Kali Linux.

What is task-web-server

task-web-server is:

This task selects packages useful for a general purpose web server system.

There are three methods to install task-web-server 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 task-web-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install task-web-server

Install task-web-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install task-web-server

Install task-web-server 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 task-web-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install task-web-server

How To Uninstall task-web-server on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the task-web-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove task-web-server

Uninstall task-web-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove task-web-server

Remove task-web-server Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge task-web-server

Remove task-web-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge task-web-server

Dependencies

task-web-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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