How To Install checkstyle on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install checkstyle on Debian 9. checkstyle is checks Java source against a coding standard

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install checkstyle on Debian 9.

What is checkstyle

checkstyle is:

Checkstyle is a development tool to help programmers write Java code that adheres to a coding standard. It automates the process of checking Java code to spare humans of this boring (but important) task. This makes it ideal for projects that want to enforce a coding standard.

Checkstyle is highly configurable and can be made to support almost any coding standard. An example configuration file is supplied supporting the Sun Code Conventions.

There are three methods to install checkstyle on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install checkstyle Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install checkstyle

Install checkstyle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install checkstyle using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install checkstyle

Install checkstyle 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install checkstyle

How To Uninstall checkstyle on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove checkstyle

Uninstall checkstyle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall checkstyle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove checkstyle

Remove checkstyle Configurations and Data

To remove checkstyle configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge checkstyle

Remove checkstyle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge checkstyle

Dependencies

checkstyle have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install checkstyle package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.