How To Install libgoogle-gson-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libgoogle-gson-java

libgoogle-gson-java is:

Gson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. It can also be used to convert a JSON string to an equivalent Java object. Gson can work with arbitrary Java objects including pre-existing objects that you do not have source-code of.

Gson Goals

• Provide simple toJson() and fromJson() methods to convert Java objects to JSON and vice-versa
• Allow pre-existing unmodifiable objects to be converted to and from JSON
• Extensive support of Java Generics
• Allow custom representations for objects
• Support arbitrarily complex objects (with deep inheritance hierarchies and extensive use of generic types)

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgoogle-gson-java

Install libgoogle-gson-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgoogle-gson-java

Install libgoogle-gson-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 libgoogle-gson-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgoogle-gson-java

How To Uninstall libgoogle-gson-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgoogle-gson-java

Uninstall libgoogle-gson-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgoogle-gson-java

Remove libgoogle-gson-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgoogle-gson-java

Remove libgoogle-gson-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgoogle-gson-java

Dependencies

libgoogle-gson-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libgoogle-gson-java website

Summary

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