How To Install libjatl-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjatl-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libjatl-java is JATL - Java Anti-Template Language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjatl-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libjatl-java

libjatl-java is:

JATL is an extremely lightweight efficient Java library to generate XHTML or XML in a micro DSL builder/fluent style.

JATL is particularly useful for creating complicated XML/HTML snippets programmatic-ly in Java to be used as lambdas or helpers in jMustache or Handlebars.java. Its also very good at creating extremely large XML documents while using very little memory.

There are three methods to install libjatl-java on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjatl-java

Install libjatl-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjatl-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjatl-java

How To Uninstall libjatl-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libjatl-java

Uninstall libjatl-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjatl-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjatl-java

Remove libjatl-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjatl-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjatl-java

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjatl-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.