How To Install icedtea-netx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx-common on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is icedtea-netx-common
icedtea-netx-common is:
NetX provides a drop-in replacement for javaws (Java Web Start). Since upstream NetX is dormant, IcedTea is hosting and modifying the sources in the IcedTea-Web directory.
This package is a dependency package introduced for the 18.04 LTS backport.
There are three methods to install icedtea-netx-common on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install icedtea-netx-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icedtea-netx-common
Install icedtea-netx-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icedtea-netx-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icedtea-netx-common
Install icedtea-netx-common 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 icedtea-netx-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icedtea-netx-common
How To Uninstall icedtea-netx-common on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the icedtea-netx-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icedtea-netx-common
Uninstall icedtea-netx-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icedtea-netx-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedtea-netx-common
Remove icedtea-netx-common Configurations and Data
To remove icedtea-netx-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icedtea-netx-common
Remove icedtea-netx-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icedtea-netx-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedtea-netx-common
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedtea-netx-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
