How To Install libjogl2-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-java on Kali Linux. libjogl2-java is Java bindings for OpenGL API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-java on Kali Linux.

What is libjogl2-java

libjogl2-java is:

The JOGL project hosts the development version of the Java Bindings for OpenGL (JSR-231), and is designed to provide hardware-supported 3D graphics to applications written in Java. JOGL is not the official reference implementation of the JSR, but an evolving workspace; snapshots are taken from this workspace which become the official reference implementations of the JSR.

JOGL provides full access to the APIs in the OpenGL 1.3 - 3.0, 3.1 - 3.3,

= 4.0, ES 1.x and ES 2.x specification as well as nearly all vendor extensions. It integrates with the AWT and Swing widget sets, as well with custom windowing toolkits using the NativeWindow API. It is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems.

There are three methods to install libjogl2-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 libjogl2-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 libjogl2-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjogl2-java

Install libjogl2-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjogl2-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjogl2-java

Install libjogl2-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 libjogl2-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjogl2-java

How To Uninstall libjogl2-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libjogl2-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjogl2-java

Uninstall libjogl2-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjogl2-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjogl2-java

Remove libjogl2-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjogl2-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjogl2-java

Remove libjogl2-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjogl2-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjogl2-java

Dependencies

libjogl2-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjogl2-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.