How To Install bsh-src on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsh-src on Ubuntu 22.04. bsh-src is Java scripting environment (BeanShell) Version 2 (source code)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bsh-src on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bsh-src

bsh-src is:

BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable, Java source interpreter with object scripting language features, written in Java. BeanShell executes standard Java statements and expressions, in addition to obvious scripting commands and syntax. BeanShell supports scripted objects as simple method closures like those in Perl and JavaScript(tm).

You can use BeanShell interactively for Java experimentation and debugging or as a simple scripting engine for you applications. In short: BeanShell is a dynamically interpreted Java, plus some useful stuff.

This package contains the bsh source code.

There are three methods to install bsh-src 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 bsh-src Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bsh-src

Install bsh-src Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bsh-src

Install bsh-src 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 bsh-src using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bsh-src

How To Uninstall bsh-src on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bsh-src package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bsh-src

Uninstall bsh-src And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsh-src

Remove bsh-src Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bsh-src

Remove bsh-src configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsh-src

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Summary

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