How To Install joda-time.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install joda-time.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. joda-time.noarch is Java date and time API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install joda-time.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `joda-time.noarch`

Joda-Time provides a quality replacement for the Java date and time classes. The design allows for multiple calendar systems, while still providing a simple API. The ‘default’ calendar is the ISO8601 standard which is used by XML. The Gregorian, Julian, Buddhist, Coptic, Ethiopic and Islamic systems are also included, and we welcome further additions. Supporting classes include time zone, duration, format and parsing.

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

Install joda-time.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 joda-time.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install joda-time.noarch

How To Uninstall joda-time.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the joda-time.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove joda-time.noarch

joda-time.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/share/doc/joda-time-2.2
/usr/share/doc/joda-time-2.2/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/doc/joda-time-2.2/NOTICE.txt
/usr/share/doc/joda-time-2.2/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
/usr/share/java/joda-time.jar
/usr/share/maven-effective-poms/JPP-joda-time.pom
/usr/share/maven-fragments/joda-time.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/JPP-joda-time.pom

References

joda-time.noarch website

Summary

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