How To Install nailgun on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nailgun on Kali Linux.

What is nailgun

nailgun is:

Nailgun is a client, protocol, and server for running Java programs from the command line without incurring the JVM startup overhead. Programs run in the server (which is implemented in Java), and are triggered by the client (written in C), which handles all I/O.

There are three methods to install nailgun 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 nailgun Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nailgun

Install nailgun Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nailgun using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nailgun

Install nailgun 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 nailgun using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nailgun

How To Uninstall nailgun on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nailgun package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nailgun

Uninstall nailgun And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nailgun

Remove nailgun Configurations and Data

To remove nailgun configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nailgun

Remove nailgun configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nailgun

Dependencies

nailgun have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libjna-java
• libjna-platform-java

References

• nailgun website

Summary

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