How To Install libopencsv-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencsv-java on Kali Linux. libopencsv-java is opencsv - Library for reading and writing CSV in Java

Introduction

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

What is libopencsv-java

libopencsv-java is:

Opencsv is a very simple csv (comma-separated values) parser library for Java. It supports all the basic csv-type things you’re likely to want to do:

  • Arbitrary numbers of values per line
  • Ignoring commas in quoted elements
  • Handling quoted entries with embedded carriage returns (ie entries that span multiple lines)
  • Configurable separator and quote characters (or use sensible defaults)
  • Read all the entries at once, or use an Iterator style model
  • Creating csv files from String[] (ie. automatic escaping of embedded quote chars)

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopencsv-java

Install libopencsv-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopencsv-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopencsv-java

How To Uninstall libopencsv-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libopencsv-java

Uninstall libopencsv-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencsv-java

Remove libopencsv-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopencsv-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopencsv-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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