How To Install libanimal-sniffer-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanimal-sniffer-java on Kali Linux. libanimal-sniffer-java is JDK/API verification tools

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libanimal-sniffer-java on Kali Linux.

What is libanimal-sniffer-java

libanimal-sniffer-java is:

Animal Sniffer provides tools to assist verifying that classes compiled with a newer JDK/API are compatible with an older JDK/API.

The Java Boot Classpath Detector is an executable jar file which tries to determine the boot classpath of the Java Runtime and outputs that classpath to the standard output.

Animal Sniffer Annotations provides Java 1.5+ annotations which allow marking methods which Animal Sniffer should ignore signature violations of. Animal Sniffer is designed to detect when you have used classes/methods/fields which are not part of the JRE that you are targeting. There are certain situations when you might be compiling with a newer JDK than the JRE you are targeting.

The Animal Sniffer ANT Tasks can be used to build signatures of APIs and to check your classes against previously generated signatures.

The Animal Sniffer Enforcer Rule is used to check your classes against previously generated signatures.

The Animal Sniffer Maven Plugin is used to build signatures of APIs and to check your classes against previously generated signatures.

There are three methods to install libanimal-sniffer-java 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 libanimal-sniffer-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libanimal-sniffer-java

Install libanimal-sniffer-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libanimal-sniffer-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libanimal-sniffer-java

Install libanimal-sniffer-java 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 libanimal-sniffer-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libanimal-sniffer-java

How To Uninstall libanimal-sniffer-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libanimal-sniffer-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libanimal-sniffer-java

Uninstall libanimal-sniffer-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libanimal-sniffer-java

Remove libanimal-sniffer-java Configurations and Data

To remove libanimal-sniffer-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libanimal-sniffer-java

Remove libanimal-sniffer-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libanimal-sniffer-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libanimal-sniffer-java

Dependencies

libanimal-sniffer-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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