How To Install jarwrapper on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is jarwrapper

jarwrapper is:

Jarwrapper sets up binfmt-misc to run executable jar files using the installed java runtime.

It also includes a /usr/share/jarwrapper/java-arch.sh script to convert Debian architecture names into java names to locate libjvm.so

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jarwrapper

Install jarwrapper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jarwrapper

Install jarwrapper 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 jarwrapper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jarwrapper

How To Uninstall jarwrapper on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove jarwrapper

Uninstall jarwrapper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jarwrapper

Remove jarwrapper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jarwrapper

Remove jarwrapper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jarwrapper

Dependencies

jarwrapper have the following dependencies:

• binfmt-support
• fastjar

References

• jarwrapper website

Summary

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