How To Install jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch is websocket-servlet module for Jetty

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch

Jetty is a 100% Java HTTP Server and Servlet Container. This means that you do not need to configure and run a separate web server (like Apache) in order to use Java, servlets and JSPs to generate dynamic content. Jetty is a fully featured web server for static and dynamic content. Unlike separate server/container solutions, this means that your web server and web application run in the same process, without interconnection overheads and complications. Furthermore, as a pure java component, Jetty can be simply included in your application for demonstration, distribution or deployment. Jetty is available on all Java supported platforms. This package contains websocket-servlet module for Jetty.

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

Install jetty-websocket-servlet.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 jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch

How To Uninstall jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch

jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/java/jetty/websocket-servlet.jar
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP.jetty-websocket-servlet.pom
/usr/share/maven-fragments/jetty-websocket-servlet.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP.jetty-websocket-servlet.pom

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty-websocket-servlet.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.