How To Install felix-main on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install felix-main on Debian 9. felix-main is Execution environment for OSGi Felix Framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install felix-main on Debian 9.

What is felix-main

felix-main is:

The Felix Framework subproject is an implementation of the OSGi R4.2 core framework specification.

This package contains bootstrap tools to run Felix Framework.

There are three methods to install felix-main 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 felix-main Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install felix-main

Install felix-main Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install felix-main

Install felix-main 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 felix-main using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install felix-main

How To Uninstall felix-main on Debian 9

To uninstall only the felix-main package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove felix-main

Uninstall felix-main And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove felix-main

Remove felix-main Configurations and Data

To remove felix-main configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge felix-main

Remove felix-main configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge felix-main

Dependencies

felix-main have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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