How To Install libtruffle-java on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtruffle-java on Debian 9. libtruffle-java is multi-language framework for executing dynamic languages

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtruffle-java on Debian 9.

What is libtruffle-java

libtruffle-java is:

Truffle is a language abstract syntax tree interpreter which allow it to implement languages on top of the Graal framework.

To implement a language using Truffle you write an AST for your language and add methods to interpret (perform the action of) each node.

Graal is an Oracle project aiming to implement a high performance Java dynamic compiler and interpreter.

There are three methods to install libtruffle-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtruffle-java

Install libtruffle-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtruffle-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtruffle-java

How To Uninstall libtruffle-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libtruffle-java

Uninstall libtruffle-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libtruffle-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtruffle-java

Remove libtruffle-java Configurations and Data

To remove libtruffle-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libtruffle-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtruffle-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtruffle-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.