How To Install ant-doc on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-doc on Kali Linux. ant-doc is Java based build tool like make - API documentation and manual

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-doc on Kali Linux.

What is ant-doc

ant-doc is:

Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks.

This package contains the manual of ant as well as the API documentation.

There are three methods to install ant-doc 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 ant-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ant-doc

Install ant-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ant-doc

Install ant-doc 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 ant-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ant-doc

How To Uninstall ant-doc on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ant-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ant-doc

Uninstall ant-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ant-doc

Remove ant-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ant-doc

Remove ant-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ant-doc

Dependencies

ant-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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