How To Install yajl-tools on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install yajl-tools on Kali Linux. yajl-tools is Yet Another JSON Library - tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yajl-tools on Kali Linux.

What is yajl-tools

yajl-tools is:

A small collection of tools that use the yajl library.

Current tools are: json_reformat - beautifies or minimizes format of JSON data json_verify - validates JSON data

There are three methods to install yajl-tools 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 yajl-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yajl-tools

Install yajl-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yajl-tools

Install yajl-tools 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 yajl-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yajl-tools

How To Uninstall yajl-tools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yajl-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yajl-tools

Uninstall yajl-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yajl-tools

Remove yajl-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge yajl-tools

Remove yajl-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yajl-tools

Dependencies

yajl-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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