How To Install maven-cache-cleanup on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-cache-cleanup on Kali Linux. maven-cache-cleanup is Utility to purge timestamped snapshots from Maven repositories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-cache-cleanup on Kali Linux.

What is maven-cache-cleanup

maven-cache-cleanup is:

Maven 3 dropped support for non-unique snapshot versions, which had the side effect of filling up Maven caches on developer machines and on CI build hosts. The Maven Cache Cleanup utility scans a specified Maven cache directory for snapshot versions and deletes all but the latest version of the timestamped artifacts.

There are three methods to install maven-cache-cleanup 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 maven-cache-cleanup Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install maven-cache-cleanup using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install maven-cache-cleanup

Install maven-cache-cleanup Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install maven-cache-cleanup using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install maven-cache-cleanup

Install maven-cache-cleanup 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 maven-cache-cleanup using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maven-cache-cleanup

How To Uninstall maven-cache-cleanup on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the maven-cache-cleanup package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove maven-cache-cleanup

Uninstall maven-cache-cleanup And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maven-cache-cleanup

Remove maven-cache-cleanup Configurations and Data

To remove maven-cache-cleanup configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge maven-cache-cleanup

Remove maven-cache-cleanup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove maven-cache-cleanup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maven-cache-cleanup

Dependencies

maven-cache-cleanup have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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