How To Install libbackport9-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbackport9-java on Kali Linux.

What is libbackport9-java

libbackport9-java is:

backport9 is a collection of backports and utilities to support libraries and apps that want to use Java 9 features but still function on Java 8.

Modules is a light shim library that wraps Java 9 and previous reflection APIs to allow a uniform API into “module”-like behaviors on all recent JDKs.

Buffers is a binary-compatible calling shims for java.nio.Buffer and subclasses.

Stack is a look-alike wrapper around the Java 9 StackWalker API with Java 8 support.

There are three methods to install libbackport9-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 libbackport9-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 libbackport9-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libbackport9-java

Install libbackport9-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libbackport9-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libbackport9-java

Install libbackport9-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 libbackport9-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbackport9-java

How To Uninstall libbackport9-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libbackport9-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libbackport9-java

Uninstall libbackport9-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbackport9-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbackport9-java

Remove libbackport9-java Configurations and Data

To remove libbackport9-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbackport9-java

Remove libbackport9-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libbackport9-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbackport9-java

Dependencies

libbackport9-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libbackport9-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbackport9-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.