How To Install libaether-java on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaether-java on Debian 9. libaether-java is Library to handle Java artifact repositories

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaether-java on Debian 9.

What is libaether-java

libaether-java is:

Aether is a library for interacting with Java artifact repositories.

This involves the specification of local repository formats, remote repository formats, workspaces, transports, and artifact resolution.

Aether is a dependency of Maven but Aether don’t depends on anything Maven specific. For instance, with Aether you can specify your dependency metadata in a properties files or in a database.

There are three methods to install libaether-java 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 libaether-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libaether-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libaether-java

Install libaether-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libaether-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libaether-java

Install libaether-java 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 libaether-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libaether-java

How To Uninstall libaether-java on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libaether-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libaether-java

Uninstall libaether-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libaether-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaether-java

Remove libaether-java Configurations and Data

To remove libaether-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libaether-java

Remove libaether-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libaether-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaether-java

Dependencies

libaether-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libaether-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.