How To Install libmetainf-services-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libmetainf-services-java

libmetainf-services-java is:

This tiny library is an annotation processor that automatically generates META-INF/services/* file from annotations that you placed on your source code, thereby eliminating the need for you to do it by yourself.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmetainf-services-java

Install libmetainf-services-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmetainf-services-java

Install libmetainf-services-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 libmetainf-services-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmetainf-services-java

How To Uninstall libmetainf-services-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmetainf-services-java

Uninstall libmetainf-services-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetainf-services-java

Remove libmetainf-services-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmetainf-services-java

Remove libmetainf-services-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetainf-services-java

Dependencies

libmetainf-services-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libmetainf-services-java website

Summary

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