How To Install skyview-java on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install skyview-java on Kali Linux. skyview-java is Image generation from a range of remote databases (Java package)

Introduction

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

What is skyview-java

skyview-java is:

SkyView is a “virtual” observatory dynamically generating images of the sky in different wavelength regimes from a static image database. SkyView is intended as a quick look facility to see the heavens.

This package includes the Java library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install skyview-java

Install skyview-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install skyview-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install skyview-java

How To Uninstall skyview-java on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove skyview-java

Uninstall skyview-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skyview-java

Remove skyview-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge skyview-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

skyview-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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