How To Install libsambox-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsambox-java on Kali Linux. libsambox-java is SAMBox PDF processor

Introduction

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

What is libsambox-java

libsambox-java is:

SAMBox is an Apache PDFBox 2.0.0 fork intended to be used as PDF processor for Sejda and PDFsam related projects. The main differences between PDFBox and SAMBox are:

  • Lazy loading/parsing of PDF objects
  • Multiple I/O implementations to read from
  • Minimized garbage collection through the use of a pool of java.lang.Stringbuilder
  • PDF streams are read directly from the underlying source through the concept of bounded views
  • Removal of unused PDFBox features like preflight validator, fdf and digital signature
  • Documents can be saved using objects stream to store PDF objects

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsambox-java

Install libsambox-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsambox-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsambox-java

How To Uninstall libsambox-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsambox-java

Uninstall libsambox-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsambox-java

Remove libsambox-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsambox-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsambox-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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