How To Install libjffi-jni on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjffi-jni on Kali Linux.

What is libjffi-jni

libjffi-jni is:

JFFI is a wrapper for libffi, the foreign function interface library. A foreign function interface is the popular name for the interface that allows code written in one language to call code written in another language. Java-based codings helper classes for Joni and JRuby

This package ships the Java native interface library.

There are three methods to install libjffi-jni 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 libjffi-jni Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjffi-jni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjffi-jni

Install libjffi-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjffi-jni

Install libjffi-jni 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 libjffi-jni using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjffi-jni

How To Uninstall libjffi-jni on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libjffi-jni package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjffi-jni

Uninstall libjffi-jni And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjffi-jni

Remove libjffi-jni Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjffi-jni

Remove libjffi-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjffi-jni

Dependencies

libjffi-jni have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libffi7

References

• libjffi-jni website

Summary

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