How To Install libpdfbox-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libpdfbox-java

libpdfbox-java is:

The Apache PDFBox library is an open source Java tool for working with PDF documents. This project allows creation of new PDF documents, manipulation of existing documents and the ability to extract content from documents.

This package contains the library itself.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpdfbox-java

Install libpdfbox-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpdfbox-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpdfbox-java

How To Uninstall libpdfbox-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpdfbox-java

Uninstall libpdfbox-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdfbox-java

Remove libpdfbox-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpdfbox-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpdfbox-java have the following dependencies:

• libfontbox-java

References

• libpdfbox-java website

Summary

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