How To Install jargs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install jargs on Rocky Linux 8. jargs is Java command line option parsing suite

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jargs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `jargs`

This project provides a convenient, compact, pre-packaged and comprehensively documented suite of command line option parsers for the use of Java programmers. Initially, parsing compatible with GNU-style ‘getopt’ is provided.

We can use yum or dnf to install jargs on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install jargs.

Install jargs on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install jargs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install jargs

Install jargs on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install jargs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install jargs

How To Uninstall jargs on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove jargs

jargs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/share/doc/jargs
/usr/share/doc/jargs/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/jargs/README
/usr/share/doc/jargs/TODO
/usr/share/java/jargs
/usr/share/java/jargs/jargs.jar
/usr/share/licenses/jargs
/usr/share/licenses/jargs/LICENCE
/usr/share/maven-metadata/jargs.xml
/usr/share/maven-poms/jargs
/usr/share/maven-poms/jargs/jargs.pom

References

jargs website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jargs on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.