How To Install default-jre on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install default-jre on Kali Linux.

What is default-jre

default-jre is:

This dependency package points to the Java runtime, or Java compatible runtime recommended for this architecture, which is openjdk-11-jre for amd64.

There are three methods to install default-jre 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 default-jre Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install default-jre

Install default-jre Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install default-jre

Install default-jre 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 default-jre using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install default-jre

How To Uninstall default-jre on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the default-jre package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove default-jre

Uninstall default-jre And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove default-jre

Remove default-jre Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge default-jre

Remove default-jre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge default-jre

Dependencies

default-jre have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless

References

• default-jre website

Summary

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