How To Install hibiscus on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install hibiscus on Kali Linux. hibiscus is Java online banking client using the HBCI standard

Introduction

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

What is hibiscus

hibiscus is:

A Java based, platform independent (running on Linux, Windows, OS X, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris) homebanking application, that uses the German FinTS/HBCI standard. All data (accounts, transactions, addresses, ..) are stored encrypted into an embedded database (H2) by default or on a MySQL/MariaDB server (if configured).

Hibiscus runs as a plugin within the Jameica framework as either a typical desktop application or headless in server mode.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hibiscus

Install hibiscus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install hibiscus

Install hibiscus 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 hibiscus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hibiscus

How To Uninstall hibiscus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove hibiscus

Uninstall hibiscus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hibiscus

Remove hibiscus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge hibiscus

Remove hibiscus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hibiscus

Dependencies

hibiscus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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