How To Install gradle-apt-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gradle-apt-plugin on Kali Linux.

What is gradle-apt-plugin

gradle-apt-plugin is:

This plugin does a few things to make it easier/safer to use Java annotation processors in a Gradle build:

• it ensures the presence of configurations for your compile-time only dependencies (annotations, generally) and annotation processors, consistently across all supported Gradle versions;
• automatically configures the corresponding JavaCompile and GroovyCompile tasks to make use of these configurations, when the java or groovy plugin is applied;
• automatically configures IntelliJ IDEA and/or Eclipse when the net.ltgt.apt-idea or net.ltgt.apt-eclipse plugins are applied.

There are three methods to install gradle-apt-plugin 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 gradle-apt-plugin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gradle-apt-plugin

Install gradle-apt-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gradle-apt-plugin

Install gradle-apt-plugin 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 gradle-apt-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gradle-apt-plugin

How To Uninstall gradle-apt-plugin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gradle-apt-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gradle-apt-plugin

Uninstall gradle-apt-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gradle-apt-plugin

Remove gradle-apt-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove gradle-apt-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gradle-apt-plugin

Remove gradle-apt-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gradle-apt-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gradle-apt-plugin

Dependencies

gradle-apt-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

• gradle-apt-plugin website

Summary

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