How To Install libpdfbox2-java on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfbox2-java on Kali Linux.
What is libpdfbox2-java
libpdfbox2-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 version 2 of the library which is backwards incompatible.
There are three methods to install libpdfbox2-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 libpdfbox2-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpdfbox2-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpdfbox2-javaInstall libpdfbox2-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpdfbox2-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpdfbox2-javaInstall libpdfbox2-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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libpdfbox2-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpdfbox2-javaHow To Uninstall libpdfbox2-java on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libpdfbox2-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpdfbox2-javaUninstall libpdfbox2-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpdfbox2-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdfbox2-javaRemove libpdfbox2-java Configurations and Data
To remove libpdfbox2-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpdfbox2-javaRemove libpdfbox2-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpdfbox2-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpdfbox2-javaDependencies
libpdfbox2-java have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfbox2-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.