How To Install libreadline-java on Debian 10

Learn how to install libreadline-java on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libreadline-java is GNU readline and BSD editline wrappers for Java

Introduction

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

What is libreadline-java

libreadline-java is:

Included is the Java package org.gnu.readline which provides the GNU readline and BSD editline libraries for Java. Note that this is NOT a pure Java implementation; it merely contains JNI wrappers for the standard system libraries.

BSD editline resembles GNU readline but is under a more relaxed license. In some cases it can be used as a drop-in replacement for GNU readline when licensing issues prevent GNU readline from being used.

The API documentation and examples can be found in libreadline-java-doc.

There are three methods to install libreadline-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 libreadline-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 libreadline-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libreadline-java

Install libreadline-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreadline-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libreadline-java

How To Uninstall libreadline-java on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libreadline-java

Uninstall libreadline-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreadline-java

Remove libreadline-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreadline-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libreadline-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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