How To Install args4j on Fedora 34
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install args4j on Fedora 34.
What is args4j
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)
We can use yum or dnf to install args4j on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install args4j.
Install args4j on Fedora 34 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install args4j using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install args4j
Install args4j on Fedora 34 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
Fedora 34 - x86_64 20 kB/s | 6.6 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 1.4 kB/s | 989 B 00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 68 kB/s | 6.5 kB 00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates 3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB 00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates 17 kB/s | 5.9 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install args4j using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install args4j
How To Uninstall args4j on Fedora 34
To uninstall only the args4j package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove args4j
args4j Package Contents on Fedora 34
/usr/share/java/args4j
/usr/share/java/args4j.jar
/usr/share/java/args4j/args4j.jar
/usr/share/licenses/args4j
/usr/share/licenses/args4j/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/args4j.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/args4j
/usr/share/maven-poms/args4j.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/args4j/args4j.pom
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install args4j on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.