How To Install jardiff on Debian 12

Learn how to install jardiff on Debian 12 with this tutorial. jardiff is tool to visualise API differences between two JAR files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jardiff on Debian 12.

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 12. 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 12

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 12, 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 12 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 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.