How To Install education-desktop-xfce on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-xfce on Kali Linux. education-desktop-xfce is Debian Edu Xfce desktop applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install education-desktop-xfce on Kali Linux.

What is education-desktop-xfce

education-desktop-xfce is:

This metapackage depends on various Xfce components that are useful for teachers and their students.

There are three methods to install education-desktop-xfce 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 education-desktop-xfce Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install education-desktop-xfce using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install education-desktop-xfce

Install education-desktop-xfce Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install education-desktop-xfce using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install education-desktop-xfce

Install education-desktop-xfce 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 education-desktop-xfce using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install education-desktop-xfce

How To Uninstall education-desktop-xfce on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the education-desktop-xfce package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove education-desktop-xfce

Uninstall education-desktop-xfce And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove education-desktop-xfce

Remove education-desktop-xfce Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge education-desktop-xfce

Remove education-desktop-xfce configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge education-desktop-xfce

Dependencies

education-desktop-xfce have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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