How To Install libguestfs-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libguestfs-java

libguestfs-java is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains Java bindings to libguestfs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libguestfs-java

Install libguestfs-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libguestfs-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libguestfs-java

How To Uninstall libguestfs-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libguestfs-java

Uninstall libguestfs-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libguestfs-java

Remove libguestfs-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libguestfs-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libguestfs-java have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libguestfs0

References

• libguestfs-java website

Summary

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