How To Install proguard-cli on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install proguard-cli on Kali Linux.

What is proguard-cli

proguard-cli is:

ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator. It can detect and remove unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It can then optimize bytecode and remove unused instructions. Finally, it can rename the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. The resulting jars are smaller and harder to reverse-engineer.

This package contains the Proguard command line tool.

There are three methods to install proguard-cli 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 proguard-cli Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install proguard-cli

Install proguard-cli Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install proguard-cli

Install proguard-cli 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 proguard-cli using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install proguard-cli

How To Uninstall proguard-cli on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the proguard-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove proguard-cli

Uninstall proguard-cli And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove proguard-cli

Remove proguard-cli Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge proguard-cli

Remove proguard-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proguard-cli

Dependencies

proguard-cli have the following dependencies:

• default-jre-headless
• libproguard-java

References

• proguard-cli website

Summary

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