How To Install libsaxonhe-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsaxonhe-java on Kali Linux. libsaxonhe-java is Saxon-HE is the XSLT and XQuery Processor

Introduction

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

What is libsaxonhe-java

libsaxonhe-java is:

This is a Home Edition of SAXON XSLT processor developed by Saxonica Limited. It provides implementations of XSLT 2.0, XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 at the basic level of conformance defined by W3C. Not included in the Home Edition are: schema processing and schema aware XSLT and XQuery; support for the 3.0 versions of the specifications; numerous Saxon extensions; calling out to Java methods; XQuery Update support; various optimizations including join optimization; streamed processing; and byte code generation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsaxonhe-java

Install libsaxonhe-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsaxonhe-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsaxonhe-java

How To Uninstall libsaxonhe-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsaxonhe-java

Uninstall libsaxonhe-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsaxonhe-java

Remove libsaxonhe-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsaxonhe-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsaxonhe-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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