How To Install args4j.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install args4j.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. args4j.noarch is Small Java lib that makes it easy to parse command line

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install args4j.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `args4j.noarch`

args4j is a small Java class library that makes it easy to parse command line options/arguments in your CUI application. - It makes the command line parsing very easy by using annotations. - You can generate the usage screen very easily. - You can generate HTML/XML that lists all options for your documentation. - Fully supports localization. - It is designed to parse javac like options (as opposed to GNU-style where ls -lR is considered to have two options l and R.) args4j-tools are development-time tools for generating additional artifacits.

We can use yum to install args4j.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install args4j.noarch.

Install args4j.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install args4j.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install args4j.noarch

How To Uninstall args4j.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the args4j.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove args4j.noarch

args4j.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/args4j-2.0.16
/usr/share/doc/args4j-2.0.16/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/java/args4j-tools.jar
/usr/share/java/args4j.jar
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP-args4j-tools.pom
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP-args4j.pom
/usr/share/maven-fragments/args4j.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-args4j-site.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-args4j-tools.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-args4j.pom

References

args4j.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install args4j.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.