How To Install libcgi-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcgi-java

libcgi-java is:

This library allows CGI scripts to be written in Java. The library provides access to all the standard CGI variables including POST/GET. It also makes it easy to create input forms in HTML documents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcgi-java

Install libcgi-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcgi-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcgi-java

How To Uninstall libcgi-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcgi-java

Uninstall libcgi-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgi-java

Remove libcgi-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcgi-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcgi-java have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• libcgi-java website

Summary

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