How To Install liblastfm-java on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-java on Ubuntu 20.04. liblastfm-java is last.fm API bindings for Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-java on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is liblastfm-java

liblastfm-java is:

The last.fm API bindings for java are a wrapper for the new last.fm API and the last.fm submission service. It provides classes and methods to invoke last.fm API methods as well as scrobbling songs and streaming radio from within Java applications.

There are three methods to install liblastfm-java on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblastfm-java

Install liblastfm-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblastfm-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblastfm-java

How To Uninstall liblastfm-java on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblastfm-java

Uninstall liblastfm-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblastfm-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblastfm-java

Remove liblastfm-java Configurations and Data

To remove liblastfm-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblastfm-java

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblastfm-java package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.