How To Install libopenjson-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjson-java on Kali Linux. libopenjson-java is rewrite of the evil licensed json.org

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjson-java on Kali Linux.

What is libopenjson-java

libopenjson-java is:

json.org is a popular java library to parse and create json string from the author of the json standard Douglas Crockford. His implementation however is not free software[1].

The Android team did a cleanroom reimplementation of a json library and this package has extended the implementation done by the Android team.

[1] http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil

There are three methods to install libopenjson-java 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 libopenjson-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopenjson-java

Install libopenjson-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenjson-java

Install libopenjson-java 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 libopenjson-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenjson-java

How To Uninstall libopenjson-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopenjson-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenjson-java

Uninstall libopenjson-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenjson-java

Remove libopenjson-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenjson-java

Remove libopenjson-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenjson-java

Dependencies

libopenjson-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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