How To Install libandroid-json-java on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libandroid-json-java on Debian 11.
What is libandroid-json-java
libandroid-json-java is:
Json.org is a popular java library to parse and create JSON string from the author of the JSON standard Douglas Crockford. His implementation however is not free software[1].
Therefore the Android team did a cleanroom reimplementation of a JSON library to be used in place of the original one.
[1] http://wiki.debian.org/qa.debian.org/jsonevil
There are three methods to install libandroid-json-java on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libandroid-json-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libandroid-json-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libandroid-json-java
Install libandroid-json-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libandroid-json-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libandroid-json-java
Install libandroid-json-java 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 libandroid-json-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libandroid-json-java
How To Uninstall libandroid-json-java on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libandroid-json-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libandroid-json-java
Uninstall libandroid-json-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libandroid-json-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libandroid-json-java
Remove libandroid-json-java Configurations and Data
To remove libandroid-json-java configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libandroid-json-java
Remove libandroid-json-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libandroid-json-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libandroid-json-java
Dependencies
libandroid-json-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libandroid-json-java package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
