How To Install jardiff on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install jardiff on Debian 10.
What is jardiff
jardiff is:
Jardiff is a tool to help visualise API differences between two different versions of a project.
Jardiff takes two jar files and outputs all the public API changes as xml, html or plain text.
It can be used from command line or via an Apache Ant task.
It requires Java >= 1.4 to run.
There are three methods to install jardiff on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install jardiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install jardiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install jardiff
Install jardiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install jardiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install jardiff
Install jardiff 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 jardiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install jardiff
How To Uninstall jardiff on Debian 10
To uninstall only the jardiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove jardiff
Uninstall jardiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall jardiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove jardiff
Remove jardiff Configurations and Data
To remove jardiff configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge jardiff
Remove jardiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove jardiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jardiff
Dependencies
jardiff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install jardiff package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.