How To Install libservlet-api-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libservlet-api-java

libservlet-api-java is:

The Servlet API is the Java platform technology of choice for interacting with the web. Servlets provide a component-based, platform-independent method, for building web-based applications generating dynamic content. Servlets are managed by a container and interact with web clients via a request/response paradigm.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libservlet-api-java

Install libservlet-api-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libservlet-api-java

Install libservlet-api-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 libservlet-api-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libservlet-api-java

How To Uninstall libservlet-api-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libservlet-api-java

Uninstall libservlet-api-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libservlet-api-java

Remove libservlet-api-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libservlet-api-java

Remove libservlet-api-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libservlet-api-java

Dependencies

libservlet-api-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libservlet-api-java website

Summary

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