How To Install tasksel-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tasksel-data on Kali Linux.

What is tasksel-data

tasksel-data is:

This package contains data about the standard tasks available on a Debian system.

There are three methods to install tasksel-data 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 tasksel-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install tasksel-data

Install tasksel-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tasksel-data

Install tasksel-data 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 tasksel-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tasksel-data

How To Uninstall tasksel-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tasksel-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tasksel-data

Uninstall tasksel-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tasksel-data

Remove tasksel-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tasksel-data

Remove tasksel-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tasksel-data

Dependencies

tasksel-data have the following dependencies:

• tasksel

References

• tasksel-data website

Summary

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