How To Install libexcalibur-logkit-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libexcalibur-logkit-java

libexcalibur-logkit-java is:

Excalibur Logkit (previously avalon logkit) is a lightweight, fast, securely designed logging toolkit. It is designed to integrate into existing applications. Logkit is more lightweight than Log4j.

This package contains the library jar.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libexcalibur-logkit-java

Install libexcalibur-logkit-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libexcalibur-logkit-java

Install libexcalibur-logkit-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 libexcalibur-logkit-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexcalibur-logkit-java

How To Uninstall libexcalibur-logkit-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libexcalibur-logkit-java

Uninstall libexcalibur-logkit-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexcalibur-logkit-java

Remove libexcalibur-logkit-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libexcalibur-logkit-java

Remove libexcalibur-logkit-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexcalibur-logkit-java

Dependencies

libexcalibur-logkit-java have the following dependencies:

• liblog4j1.2-java
• libmail-java

References

• libexcalibur-logkit-java website

Summary

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