How To Install libpdfrenderer-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpdfrenderer-java on Kali Linux. libpdfrenderer-java is Java PDF renderer and viewer

Introduction

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

What is libpdfrenderer-java

libpdfrenderer-java is:

The PDF Renderer is just what the name implies: an open source, all Java library which renders PDF documents to the screen using Java2D. Typically this means drawing into a Swing panel, but it could also draw to other Graphics2D implementations. It could be used to draw on top of PDFs, share them over a network, convert PDFs to PNG images, or maybe even project PDFs into a 3D scene.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpdfrenderer-java

Install libpdfrenderer-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpdfrenderer-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpdfrenderer-java

How To Uninstall libpdfrenderer-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libpdfrenderer-java

Uninstall libpdfrenderer-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpdfrenderer-java

Remove libpdfrenderer-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libpdfrenderer-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpdfrenderer-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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