How To Install jaf on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jaf on Rocky Linux 8. jaf is JavaBeans Activation Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jaf on Rocky Linux 8.

What is jaf

The JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) is a standard extension to the Java platform that lets you take advantage of standard services to determine the type of an arbitrary piece of data; encapsulate access to it; discover the operations available on it; and instantiate the appropriate bean to perform the operation(s).

We can use yum or dnf to install jaf on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jaf.

Install jaf on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install jaf

Install jaf on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install jaf

How To Uninstall jaf on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove jaf

jaf Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/jaf
/usr/share/doc/jaf/README.md
/usr/share/java/jaf
/usr/share/java/jaf/jakarta.activation-api.jar
/usr/share/java/jaf/jakarta.activation.jar
/usr/share/licenses/jaf
/usr/share/licenses/jaf/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/licenses/jaf/NOTICE.md
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jaf.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf/all.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf/jakarta.activation-api.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf/jakarta.activation.pom

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jaf on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.