How To Install libmina-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmina-java on Kali Linux. libmina-java is Java network application framework

Introduction

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

What is libmina-java

libmina-java is:

Apache MINA is a network application framework which helps users develop high performance and high scalability network applications easily. It provides an abstract - event-driven - asynchronous API over various transports such as TCP/IP and UDP/IP via Java NIO.

Some of the features of Apache Mina are:

  • Unified API for various transport types: TCP/UDP/RS232/In-VM
  • Filter interface as an extension point; similar to Servlet filters
  • Low-level and high-level API
  • Highly customizable thread model
  • Out-of-the-box SSL / TLS and StartTLS support using Java 5 SSLEngine
  • Overload shielding & traffic throttling
  • Unit testability using mock objects
  • JMX managability
  • Stream-based I/O support via StreamIoHandler

This package contains Apache Mina 1.X release

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmina-java

Install libmina-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmina-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmina-java

How To Uninstall libmina-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmina-java

Uninstall libmina-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmina-java

Remove libmina-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmina-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmina-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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