How To Install libargparse4j-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargparse4j-java on Kali Linux. libargparse4j-java is command-line argument parser for Java based on Pythons argparse module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargparse4j-java on Kali Linux.

What is libargparse4j-java

libargparse4j-java is:

Argparse4j is a command line argument parser library for Java based on Python’s argparse module. The features of argparse4j include:

  • Supported positional, optional and variable number of arguments.
  • Generates well formatted line-wrapped help message.
  • Suggests optional arguments/sub-command if unrecognized arguments/sub-command were given.
  • Takes into account East Asian Width ambiguous characters when line-wrap.

This package contains the library files for libarparse4j-java.

There are three methods to install libargparse4j-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 libargparse4j-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 libargparse4j-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libargparse4j-java

Install libargparse4j-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libargparse4j-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libargparse4j-java

Install libargparse4j-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 libargparse4j-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libargparse4j-java

How To Uninstall libargparse4j-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libargparse4j-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libargparse4j-java

Uninstall libargparse4j-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libargparse4j-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libargparse4j-java

Remove libargparse4j-java Configurations and Data

To remove libargparse4j-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libargparse4j-java

Remove libargparse4j-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libargparse4j-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libargparse4j-java

Dependencies

libargparse4j-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libargparse4j-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.