How To Install libprotobuf-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libprotobuf-java

libprotobuf-java is:

Protocol buffers are a flexible, efficient, automated mechanism for serializing structured data - similar to XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can use special generated source code to easily write and read your structured data to and from a variety of data streams and using a variety of languages. You can even update your data structure without breaking deployed programs that are compiled against the “old” format.

Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.

This package contains the Java bindings for the protocol buffers. You will need the protoc tool (in the protobuf-compiler package) to compile your definition to Java classes, and then the modules in this package will allow you to use those classes in your programs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libprotobuf-java

Install libprotobuf-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libprotobuf-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libprotobuf-java

How To Uninstall libprotobuf-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libprotobuf-java

Uninstall libprotobuf-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libprotobuf-java

Remove libprotobuf-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libprotobuf-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libprotobuf-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libprotobuf-java website

Summary

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