How To Install libgoogle-http-client-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-http-client-java on Kali Linux. libgoogle-http-client-java is Google HTTP client library for Java

Introduction

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

What is libgoogle-http-client-java

libgoogle-http-client-java is:

Written by Google, the Google HTTP Client Library for Java is a flexible, efficient, and powerful Java library for accessing any resource on the web via HTTP. The library has the following features:

  • Pluggable HTTP transport abstraction that allows you to use any low- level library such as java.net.HttpURLConnection, Apache HTTP Client, or URL Fetch on Google App Engine.
  • Efficient JSON and XML data models for parsing and serialization of HTTP response and request content. The JSON and XML libraries are also fully pluggable, and they include support for Jackson and Android’s GSON libraries for JSON.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libgoogle-http-client-java

Install libgoogle-http-client-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libgoogle-http-client-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libgoogle-http-client-java

How To Uninstall libgoogle-http-client-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libgoogle-http-client-java

Uninstall libgoogle-http-client-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgoogle-http-client-java

Remove libgoogle-http-client-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libgoogle-http-client-java

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgoogle-http-client-java

Dependencies

libgoogle-http-client-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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