How To Install japitools on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install japitools on Kali Linux.

What is japitools

japitools is:

It consists of two simple tools designed to test for compatibility between Java APIs. They were originally designed for testing free implementations of Java itself for compatibility with Sun’s JDK, but they can also be used for testing backward compatibility between versions of any API.

The tools are japize and japicompat. Japize is a Java program which emits a listing of an API in a machine-readable format. Japicompat then takes two such listings and compares them for binary compatibility, as defined by Sun in the Java Language Specification.

There are three methods to install japitools 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 japitools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install japitools

Install japitools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install japitools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install japitools

Install japitools 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 japitools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install japitools

How To Uninstall japitools on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the japitools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove japitools

Uninstall japitools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove japitools

Remove japitools Configurations and Data

To remove japitools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge japitools

Remove japitools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge japitools

Dependencies

japitools have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless
• perl

References

• japitools website

Summary

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