How To Install libjinput-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libjinput-java

libjinput-java is:

jinput is an implementation of an API for game controller discovery and polled input. It is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems with intention of making the development of high performance games in Java a reality. The API itself is pure Java and presents a platform-neutral completely portable model of controller discovery and polling. It can handle arbitrary controllers and returns both human and machine understandable descriptions of the inputs available.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjinput-java

Install libjinput-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjinput-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjinput-java

How To Uninstall libjinput-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjinput-java

Uninstall libjinput-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjinput-java

Remove libjinput-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjinput-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjinput-java have the following dependencies:

• libjinput-jni
• libjutils-java

References

• libjinput-java website

Summary

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