How To Install visualvm on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is visualvm

visualvm is:

VisualVM is a visual tool integrating several commandline JDK tools and lightweight profiling capabilities. Designed for both production and development time use, it further enhances the capability of monitoring and performance analysis for the Java SE platform.

VisualVM is designed for

• Application Developers: Monitor, profile, take thread dumps, browse heap dumps.
• System Administrators: Monitor and control Java applications across the entire network.
• Java Application Users: Create bug reports containing all the necessary information.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install visualvm

Install visualvm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install visualvm

Install visualvm 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 visualvm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install visualvm

How To Uninstall visualvm on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove visualvm

Uninstall visualvm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove visualvm

Remove visualvm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge visualvm

Remove visualvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge visualvm

Dependencies

visualvm have the following dependencies:

• default-jdk

References

• visualvm website

Summary

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