How To Install libautomaton-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libautomaton-java on Kali Linux. libautomaton-java is Finite-State Automaton for Regular Expressions

Introduction

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

What is libautomaton-java

libautomaton-java is:

Automaton is a DFA/NFA (finite-state automata) implementation with Unicode alphabet (UTF16) and support for the standard regular expression operations (concatenation, union, Kleene star) and a number of non-standard ones (intersection, complement, etc.).

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

sudo apt-get -y install libautomaton-java

Install libautomaton-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libautomaton-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libautomaton-java

How To Uninstall libautomaton-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libautomaton-java

Uninstall libautomaton-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libautomaton-java

Remove libautomaton-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libautomaton-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libautomaton-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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