How To Install zipalign on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is zipalign

zipalign is:

zipalign is an archive alignment tool that provides important optimization to Android application (.apk) files. The purpose is to ensure that all uncompressed data starts with a particular alignment relative to the start of the file.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install zipalign

Install zipalign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install zipalign

Install zipalign 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 zipalign using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install zipalign

How To Uninstall zipalign on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove zipalign

Uninstall zipalign And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove zipalign

Remove zipalign Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge zipalign

Remove zipalign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge zipalign

Dependencies

zipalign have the following dependencies:

• android-liblog

References

• zipalign website

Summary

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