How To Install adql-java on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install adql-java on Ubuntu 22.04. adql-java is Parse, manipulate and translate ADQL queries with Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install adql-java on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is adql-java

adql-java is:

ADQL is a SQL-like language which includes astronomical facilities to query a database. This language has been defined by the IVOA in the Recommendation of 30 Oct 2008 (Version 2.0) and is mainly used in the Table Access Protocol (TAP).

Functionalities of the package:

  • Parse: read ADQL queries in text and transform them into a Java object (actually, a syntactic tree).
  • Manipulate: the generated object can be manipulated so than modifying the original query.
  • Translate: an interface and some implementations lets translating SQL into other languages like SQL.

There are three methods to install adql-java on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install adql-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install adql-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install adql-java

Install adql-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install adql-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install adql-java

Install adql-java Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install adql-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install adql-java

How To Uninstall adql-java on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the adql-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove adql-java

Uninstall adql-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall adql-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove adql-java

Remove adql-java Configurations and Data

To remove adql-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge adql-java

Remove adql-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove adql-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge adql-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install adql-java package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.