How To Install jaf on CentOS 8

jaf is JavaBeans Activation Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jaf on CentOS 8.

What is jaf

The JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) is a standard extension to the Java platform that lets you take advantage of standard services to determine the type of an arbitrary piece of data; encapsulate access to it; discover the operations available on it; and instantiate the appropriate bean to perform the operation(s).

We can use yum or dnf to install jaf on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jaf.

Install jaf on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install jaf using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jaf

Install jaf on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install jaf using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jaf

How To Uninstall jaf on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove jaf

jaf Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/jaf
/usr/share/doc/jaf/README.md
/usr/share/java/jaf
/usr/share/java/jaf/jakarta.activation-api.jar
/usr/share/java/jaf/jakarta.activation.jar
/usr/share/licenses/jaf
/usr/share/licenses/jaf/LICENSE.md
/usr/share/licenses/jaf/NOTICE.md
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jaf.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf/all.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf/jakarta.activation-api.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/jaf/jakarta.activation.pom

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jaf on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.