How To Install ant-optional-gcj on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-optional-gcj on Debian 9.
What is ant-optional-gcj
ant-optional-gcj is:
Apache Ant is a Java library and command-line tool whose mission is to drive processes described in build files as targets and extension points dependent upon each other. The main known usage of Ant is the build of Java applications. Ant supplies a number of built-in tasks allowing to compile, assemble, test and run Java applications. Ant can also be used effectively to build non Java applications, for instance C or C++ applications. More generally, Ant can be used to pilot any type of process which can be described in terms of targets and tasks.
This package contains the optional tasks libraries compiled natively.
There are three methods to install ant-optional-gcj on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ant-optional-gcj Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ant-optional-gcj using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ant-optional-gcj
Install ant-optional-gcj Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ant-optional-gcj using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ant-optional-gcj
Install ant-optional-gcj Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ant-optional-gcj using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ant-optional-gcj
How To Uninstall ant-optional-gcj on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ant-optional-gcj package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ant-optional-gcj
Uninstall ant-optional-gcj And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ant-optional-gcj and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ant-optional-gcj
Remove ant-optional-gcj Configurations and Data
To remove ant-optional-gcj configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ant-optional-gcj
Remove ant-optional-gcj configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ant-optional-gcj configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ant-optional-gcj
Dependencies
ant-optional-gcj have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ant-optional-gcj package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
