How To Install libjss-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjss-java on Kali Linux. libjss-java is Network Security Services for Java

Introduction

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

What is libjss-java

libjss-java is:

Network Security Services for Java (JSS) is a Java interface to NSS. It supports most of the security standards and encryption technologies supported by NSS. JSS also provides a pure Java interface for ASN.1 types and BER/DER encoding.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjss-java

Install libjss-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjss-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjss-java

How To Uninstall libjss-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjss-java

Uninstall libjss-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjss-java

Remove libjss-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjss-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjss-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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