How To Install tasksel on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is tasksel

tasksel is:

This package provides ’tasksel’, a simple interface for users who want to configure their system to perform a specific task.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tasksel

Install tasksel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tasksel

Install tasksel 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tasksel

How To Uninstall tasksel on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove tasksel

Uninstall tasksel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tasksel

Remove tasksel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge tasksel

Remove tasksel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tasksel

Dependencies

tasksel have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• debconf
• liblocale-gettext-perl
• apt
• tasksel-data
• perl-base

References

• tasksel website

Summary

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