How To Install paranamer on Fedora 34

paranamer is Java library for accessing non-private method’s parameter names at run-time

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paranamer on Fedora 34.

What is paranamer

Paranamer is a Java library that allows the parameter names of non-private methods and constructors to be accessed at run-time. Most compilers discard this information; traditional Reflection on JDK <= 7 would show something like doSomething(mypackage.Person ???) instead of doSomething(mypackage.Person toMe). The Paranamer library fills this gap for these JDK versions.

We can use yum or dnf to install paranamer on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install paranamer.

Install paranamer 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 paranamer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install paranamer

Install paranamer 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 paranamer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install paranamer

How To Uninstall paranamer on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove paranamer

paranamer Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/share/doc/paranamer
/usr/share/doc/paranamer/README.md
/usr/share/java/paranamer
/usr/share/java/paranamer/paranamer.jar
/usr/share/licenses/paranamer
/usr/share/licenses/paranamer/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/paranamer-paranamer.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/paranamer
/usr/share/maven-poms/paranamer/paranamer.pom

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install paranamer on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.