How To Install liblwjgl-java-jni on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblwjgl-java-jni on Kali Linux. liblwjgl-java-jni is Lightweight Java Game Library (jni)

Introduction

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

What is liblwjgl-java-jni

liblwjgl-java-jni is:

The Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL) is a solution aimed directly at professional and amateur Java programmers alike to enable commercial quality games to be written in Java. LWJGL provides developers access to high performance crossplatform libraries such as OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) and OpenAL (Open Audio Library) allowing for state of the art 3D games and 3D sound. Additionally LWJGL provides access to controllers such as Gamepads, Steering wheel and Joysticks. All in a simple and straight forward API.

This package contains the java jni library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblwjgl-java-jni

Install liblwjgl-java-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblwjgl-java-jni

Install liblwjgl-java-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 liblwjgl-java-jni using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblwjgl-java-jni

How To Uninstall liblwjgl-java-jni on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove liblwjgl-java-jni

Uninstall liblwjgl-java-jni And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblwjgl-java-jni

Remove liblwjgl-java-jni Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblwjgl-java-jni

Remove liblwjgl-java-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblwjgl-java-jni

Dependencies

liblwjgl-java-jni have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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