How to Install and Uninstall task-gnome-desktop Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "task-gnome-desktop" package

Please follow the instructions below to install task-gnome-desktop on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                task-gnome-desktop
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "task-gnome-desktop" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall task-gnome-desktop on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                task-gnome-desktop
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the task-gnome-desktop package on Kali Linux

Package: task-gnome-desktop
Source: tasksel
Version: 3.75+kali1
Architecture: all
Maintainer: Kali Developers
Installed-Size: 9
Depends: tasksel (= 3.75+kali1), task-desktop, gnome-core
Recommends: gnome, synaptic, libreoffice-gnome, libreoffice-writer, libreoffice-calc, libreoffice-impress, libreoffice-help-en-us, mythes-en-us, hunspell-en-us, hyphen-en-us, network-manager-gnome
Priority: optional
Section: tasks
Filename: pool/main/t/tasksel/task-gnome-desktop_3.75+kali1_all.deb
Size: 1208
SHA256: e390f77b5d372305da7581b5e7e3acec198dca0bad9340b4fe5880dcf3d653a4
SHA1: 4717c1677ce12ee4c25eb8380370c9bee9d70c47
MD5sum: f2f061ac6b84ee85a77478f9361bd779
Description: GNOME
This task package is used to install the Debian desktop, featuring
the GNOME desktop environment, and with other packages that Debian users
expect to have available on the desktop.
Description-md5:
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team