How To Install libscannotation-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libscannotation-java on Kali Linux. libscannotation-java is Java annotation scanner

Introduction

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

What is libscannotation-java

libscannotation-java is:

Scannotation is a Java library that creates an annotation database from a set of class files. It gives you APIs that allow you to find archives in your classpath or WAR (web application) that you want to scan, then automatically scans them without loading each and every class within those archives.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libscannotation-java

Install libscannotation-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libscannotation-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libscannotation-java

How To Uninstall libscannotation-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libscannotation-java

Uninstall libscannotation-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscannotation-java

Remove libscannotation-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libscannotation-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libscannotation-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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