How To Install libcobra-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libcobra-java

libcobra-java is:

Cobra is a pure Java HTML renderer and DOM parser that is being developed to support HTML 4, Javascript and CSS 2.

Cobra can be used as a Javascript-aware and CSS-aware HTML DOM parser, independently of the Cobra rendering engine. Javascript DOM modifications that occur during parsing (e.g. via document.write) will be reflected in the parsed DOM, unless Javascript is disabled. Likewise, DOM element implementations have a getStyle method that can be called to obtain the styling properties of an element.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcobra-java

Install libcobra-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcobra-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libcobra-java

How To Uninstall libcobra-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libcobra-java

Uninstall libcobra-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcobra-java

Remove libcobra-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libcobra-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libcobra-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libcobra-java website

Summary

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