How To Install icedtea-netx on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx on Kali Linux.
What is icedtea-netx
icedtea-netx is:
NetX provides a drop-in replacement for javaws (Java Web Start). Since upstream NetX is dead, the IcedTea Web project is hosting a fork of the original code. However, as icedtea-web has evolved to complex set of tools, extensions and tests, it has now only a few lines of code shared with the original implementation.
IcedTea’s NetX currently supports verification of signed jars, trusted certificate storing, system certificate store checking, and provides the services specified by the JNLP API.
There are three methods to install icedtea-netx 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 icedtea-netx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icedtea-netxInstall icedtea-netx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icedtea-netxInstall icedtea-netx 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icedtea-netxHow To Uninstall icedtea-netx on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the icedtea-netx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icedtea-netxUninstall icedtea-netx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icedtea-netx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedtea-netxRemove icedtea-netx Configurations and Data
To remove icedtea-netx configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icedtea-netxRemove icedtea-netx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icedtea-netx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedtea-netxDependencies
icedtea-netx have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.