How To Install dalvik-exchange on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dalvik-exchange on Kali Linux.

What is dalvik-exchange

dalvik-exchange is:

Dalvik is a process virtual machine in Google’s Android operating system that executes applications written for Android.

dalvik-exchange is the tool that takes in class files and reformulates them for consumption in the VM. It also does a few other things.

This program is officially named “dx” but in order to avoid naming conflict with OpenDX in Debian it is renamed to “dalvik-exchange”.

This package also provides the “mainDexClasses” program.

There are three methods to install dalvik-exchange 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 dalvik-exchange Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dalvik-exchange

Install dalvik-exchange Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dalvik-exchange

Install dalvik-exchange 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 dalvik-exchange using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dalvik-exchange

How To Uninstall dalvik-exchange on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dalvik-exchange package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dalvik-exchange

Uninstall dalvik-exchange And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dalvik-exchange

Remove dalvik-exchange Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dalvik-exchange

Remove dalvik-exchange configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dalvik-exchange

Dependencies

dalvik-exchange have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless

References

• dalvik-exchange website

Summary

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