How To Install libhttpclient5-java on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhttpclient5-java on Ubuntu 22.04. libhttpclient5-java is HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 compliant HTTP agent implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhttpclient5-java on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libhttpclient5-java

libhttpclient5-java is:

HttpClient is a HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 compliant HTTP agent implementation based on HttpCore. It also provides reusable components for client-side authentication, HTTP state management, and HTTP connection management.

This package contains the 5.x series of httpcomponents-client. It supports request execution with the classic, fluent and async APIs.

There are three methods to install libhttpclient5-java on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libhttpclient5-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 libhttpclient5-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhttpclient5-java

Install libhttpclient5-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhttpclient5-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhttpclient5-java

Install libhttpclient5-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libhttpclient5-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhttpclient5-java

How To Uninstall libhttpclient5-java on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libhttpclient5-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhttpclient5-java

Uninstall libhttpclient5-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhttpclient5-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhttpclient5-java

Remove libhttpclient5-java Configurations and Data

To remove libhttpclient5-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhttpclient5-java

Remove libhttpclient5-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhttpclient5-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhttpclient5-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhttpclient5-java package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.