How To Install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8. apache-commons-cli is Command Line Interface Library for Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `apache-commons-cli`

The CLI library provides a simple and easy to use API for working with the command line arguments and options.

We can use yum or dnf to install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install apache-commons-cli.

Install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install apache-commons-cli using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install apache-commons-cli

Install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install apache-commons-cli using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install apache-commons-cli

How To Uninstall apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the apache-commons-cli package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove apache-commons-cli

apache-commons-cli Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/apache-commons-cli
/usr/share/doc/apache-commons-cli/README.md
/usr/share/doc/apache-commons-cli/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
/usr/share/java/apache-commons-cli.jar
/usr/share/java/commons-cli.jar
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-cli
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-cli/LICENSE.txt
/usr/share/licenses/apache-commons-cli/NOTICE.txt
/usr/share/maven-metadata/apache-commons-cli.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/apache-commons-cli.pom
/usr/share/maven-poms/commons-cli.pom

References

apache-commons-cli website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install apache-commons-cli on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.