How To Install libtomcat9-java on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcat9-java on Kali Linux.

What is libtomcat9-java

libtomcat9-java is:

Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications from Oracle, and provides a “pure Java” HTTP web server environment for Java code to run.

This package contains the Tomcat core classes which can be used by other Java applications to embed Tomcat.

There are three methods to install libtomcat9-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 libtomcat9-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 libtomcat9-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libtomcat9-java

Install libtomcat9-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libtomcat9-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libtomcat9-java

Install libtomcat9-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 libtomcat9-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libtomcat9-java

How To Uninstall libtomcat9-java on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libtomcat9-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libtomcat9-java

Uninstall libtomcat9-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtomcat9-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcat9-java

Remove libtomcat9-java Configurations and Data

To remove libtomcat9-java configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtomcat9-java

Remove libtomcat9-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libtomcat9-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomcat9-java

Dependencies

libtomcat9-java have the following dependencies:

• libeclipse-jdt-core-java

References

• libtomcat9-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcat9-java package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.