How To Install javapackages-tools on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install javapackages-tools on Rocky Linux 8. javapackages-tools is Macros and scripts for Java packaging support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install javapackages-tools on Rocky Linux 8.

What is javapackages-tools

This package provides macros and scripts to support Java packaging.

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

Install javapackages-tools 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 javapackages-tools using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install javapackages-tools

Install javapackages-tools 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 javapackages-tools using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install javapackages-tools

How To Uninstall javapackages-tools on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the javapackages-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove javapackages-tools

javapackages-tools Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/java/eclipse.conf
/etc/java/font.properties
/etc/java/java.conf
/usr/bin/build-classpath
/usr/bin/build-classpath-directory
/usr/bin/build-jar-repository
/usr/bin/check-binary-files
/usr/bin/clean-binary-files
/usr/bin/create-jar-links
/usr/bin/diff-jars
/usr/bin/find-jar
/usr/bin/rebuild-jar-repository
/usr/bin/shade-jar
/usr/lib/rpm
/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.jpackage
/usr/share/java-utils
/usr/share/java-utils/java-functions
/usr/share/java-utils/java-wrapper
/usr/share/java-utils/scl-enable
/usr/share/maven-metadata/javapackages-metadata.xml
/usr/share/xmvn
/usr/share/xmvn/configuration.xml

References

Summary

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