How To Install libequinox-osgi-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libequinox-osgi-java

libequinox-osgi-java is:

This package includes the Eclipse Equinox OSGi framework, which can be used outside Eclipse. Equinox is an implementation of the OSGi core framework specification, a set of bundles that implement various optional OSGi services and other infrastructure for running OSGi-based systems. The Equinox OSGi core framework implementation is used as the reference implementation and as such it implements all the required features of the latest OSGi core framework specification.

More generally, the goal of the Equinox project is to be a first class OSGi community and foster the vision of Eclipse as a landscape of bundles. As part of this, it is responsible for developing and delivering the OSGi framework implementation used for all of Eclipse.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libequinox-osgi-java

Install libequinox-osgi-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libequinox-osgi-java

Install libequinox-osgi-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 libequinox-osgi-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libequinox-osgi-java

How To Uninstall libequinox-osgi-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libequinox-osgi-java

Uninstall libequinox-osgi-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libequinox-osgi-java

Remove libequinox-osgi-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libequinox-osgi-java

Remove libequinox-osgi-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libequinox-osgi-java

Dependencies

libequinox-osgi-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libequinox-osgi-java website

Summary

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