How To Install liblog4j-extras1.2-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4j-extras1.2-java on Kali Linux.

What is liblog4j-extras1.2-java

liblog4j-extras1.2-java is:

This package provides additional appenders, filters and other capabilities for version 1.2 of Apache log4j. Several of these were backported from the abandoned log4j 1.3 development effort.

There are three methods to install liblog4j-extras1.2-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 liblog4j-extras1.2-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 liblog4j-extras1.2-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblog4j-extras1.2-java

Install liblog4j-extras1.2-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblog4j-extras1.2-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblog4j-extras1.2-java

Install liblog4j-extras1.2-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 liblog4j-extras1.2-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblog4j-extras1.2-java

How To Uninstall liblog4j-extras1.2-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the liblog4j-extras1.2-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblog4j-extras1.2-java

Uninstall liblog4j-extras1.2-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblog4j-extras1.2-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblog4j-extras1.2-java

Remove liblog4j-extras1.2-java Configurations and Data

To remove liblog4j-extras1.2-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblog4j-extras1.2-java

Remove liblog4j-extras1.2-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblog4j-extras1.2-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblog4j-extras1.2-java

Dependencies

liblog4j-extras1.2-java have the following dependencies:

• libapache-pom-java
• liblog4j1.2-java

References

• liblog4j-extras1.2-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblog4j-extras1.2-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.