How To Install substance on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install substance on Debian 9. substance is cross-platform look & feel for Swing applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install substance on Debian 9.

What is substance

substance is:

The goal of this project is to provide a configurable and customizable production-quality Java look and feel library for Swing applications. This Java look and feel is available for JDK 5.0+ only.

There are three methods to install substance 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 substance Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install substance

Install substance Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install substance using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install substance

Install substance 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 substance using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install substance

How To Uninstall substance on Debian 9

To uninstall only the substance package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove substance

Uninstall substance And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove substance

Remove substance Configurations and Data

To remove substance configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge substance

Remove substance configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge substance

Dependencies

substance have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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