How To Install libjsf-api-java on Debian 10

Learn how to install libjsf-api-java on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libjsf-api-java is JavaServer Faces 2.2 Java EE web framework - API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjsf-api-java on Debian 10.

What is libjsf-api-java

libjsf-api-java is:

JavaServer Faces 2.2 (JSF) is a Java-based Web application framework intended to simplify development integration of web-based user interfaces.

JSF hides complexity to maximize developer productivity and provides a component model, page templating, Ajax support, client device independence, clean separation of roles, better MVC handling for webapps, and world-class IDE integration from every available Java IDE.

JSF also provides a easy integration with popular enterprise technologies, including Hibernate, Spring, Seam, Jasper Reports and others. JSF 2.2 is compatible with JavaEE 5 application servers or any server implementing Servlet 2.5.

This package contains only API of JSF 2.2 spec.

There are three methods to install libjsf-api-java on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjsf-api-java

Install libjsf-api-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjsf-api-java

Install libjsf-api-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 libjsf-api-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjsf-api-java

How To Uninstall libjsf-api-java on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libjsf-api-java

Uninstall libjsf-api-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjsf-api-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjsf-api-java

Remove libjsf-api-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjsf-api-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjsf-api-java

Remove libjsf-api-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjsf-api-java

Dependencies

libjsf-api-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjsf-api-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.