How To Install maven-repo-helper on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-repo-helper on Kali Linux.

What is maven-repo-helper

maven-repo-helper is:

This package enables Debian packages which are not using Maven in their build process to provide and install Maven POMs and libraries in the repository located in /usr/share/maven-repo.

Packages built with Maven (using maven-debian-helper) will benefit as many of their dependencies are already packaged in Debian but they are missing the necessary metadata (Maven POM) which is required by Maven when it is using dependencies.

A tutorial is available at /usr/share/doc/maven-repo-helper/tutorial.html

There are three methods to install maven-repo-helper 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-repo-helper 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-repo-helper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install maven-repo-helper

Install maven-repo-helper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install maven-repo-helper

Install maven-repo-helper 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-repo-helper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install maven-repo-helper

How To Uninstall maven-repo-helper on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the maven-repo-helper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove maven-repo-helper

Uninstall maven-repo-helper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove maven-repo-helper

Remove maven-repo-helper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge maven-repo-helper

Remove maven-repo-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maven-repo-helper

Dependencies

maven-repo-helper have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless

References

• maven-repo-helper website

Summary

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