How To Install bsf on Fedora 34

bsf is Bean Scripting Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsf on Fedora 34.

What is bsf

Bean Scripting Framework (BSF) is a set of Java classes which provides scripting language support within Java applications, and access to Java objects and methods from scripting languages. BSF allows one to write JSPs in languages other than Java while providing access to the Java class library. In addition, BSF permits any Java application to be implemented in part (or dynamically extended) by a language that is embedded within it. This is achieved by providing an API that permits calling scripting language engines from within Java, as well as an object registry that exposes Java objects to these scripting language engines. BSF supports several scripting languages currently * Javascript (using Rhino ECMAScript, from the Mozilla project) * Python (using either Jython or JPython) * Tcl (using Jacl) * NetRexx (an extension of the IBM REXX scripting language in Java) * XSLT Stylesheets (as a component of Apache XML project’s Xalan and Xerces) In addition, the following languages are supported with their own BSF engines * Java (using BeanShell, from the BeanShell project) * JRuby * JudoScript

We can use yum or dnf to install bsf on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bsf.

Install bsf on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bsf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install bsf

Install bsf on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install bsf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bsf

How To Uninstall bsf on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove bsf

bsf Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/doc/bsf
/usr/share/doc/bsf/AUTHORS.txt
/usr/share/doc/bsf/CHANGES.txt
/usr/share/doc/bsf/README.txt
/usr/share/doc/bsf/RELEASE-NOTE.txt
/usr/share/doc/bsf/TODO.txt
/usr/share/java/bsf.jar
/usr/share/licenses/bsf
/usr/share/licenses/bsf/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/bsf/NOTICE.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/bsf.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/bsf.pom

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsf on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.