How To Install libjna-jni on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libjna-jni

libjna-jni is:

JNA provides Java programs easy access to native shared libraries without writing anything but Java code - no JNI or native code is required. This functionality is comparable to Windows’ Platform/Invoke and Python’s ctypes. Access is dynamic at runtime without code generation.

This package contains the native libraries for libjna-java

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjna-jni

Install libjna-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjna-jni

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjna-jni

How To Uninstall libjna-jni on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjna-jni

Uninstall libjna-jni And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjna-jni

Remove libjna-jni Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjna-jni

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjna-jni have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libffi7

References

• libjna-jni website

Summary

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