How To Install eclipse-wtp-servertools on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-wtp-servertools on Debian 9.
What is eclipse-wtp-servertools
eclipse-wtp-servertools is:
The Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP) project extends the Eclipse platform with tools for developing Web and Java EE applications. It includes source and graphical editors for a variety of languages, wizards and built-in applications to simplify development, and tools and APIs to support deploying, running, and testing apps.
This package provides a generic framework and adapters for application servers.
There are three methods to install eclipse-wtp-servertools 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 eclipse-wtp-servertools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-wtp-servertools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-wtp-servertools
Install eclipse-wtp-servertools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-wtp-servertools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-wtp-servertools
Install eclipse-wtp-servertools 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 eclipse-wtp-servertools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-wtp-servertools
How To Uninstall eclipse-wtp-servertools on Debian 9
To uninstall only the eclipse-wtp-servertools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-wtp-servertools
Uninstall eclipse-wtp-servertools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-wtp-servertools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-wtp-servertools
Remove eclipse-wtp-servertools Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-wtp-servertools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-wtp-servertools
Remove eclipse-wtp-servertools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-wtp-servertools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-wtp-servertools
Dependencies
eclipse-wtp-servertools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-wtp-servertools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
