How To Install ant-optional on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-optional on Kali Linux. ant-optional is Java based build tool like make - optional libraries

Introduction

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

What is ant-optional

ant-optional 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 optional tasks libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ant-optional

Install ant-optional Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ant-optional

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

sudo aptitude -y install ant-optional

How To Uninstall ant-optional on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ant-optional

Uninstall ant-optional And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ant-optional

Remove ant-optional Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ant-optional

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

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

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

Dependencies

ant-optional have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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