How To Install libapache-jena-java on Debian 12

Learn how to install libapache-jena-java on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libapache-jena-java is Java framework for building Semantic Web applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache-jena-java on Debian 12.

What is libapache-jena-java

libapache-jena-java is:

Apache Jena is a Java framework for building Semantic Web and Linked data applications. It provides an API to extract data from and write to RDF graphs. The graphs are represented as an abstract “model”. A model can be sourced with data from files, databases, URLs or a combination of these. Jena supports serialisation of RDF graphs to a relational database, RDF/XML, Turtle and Notation 3.

There are three methods to install libapache-jena-java 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 libapache-jena-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 libapache-jena-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libapache-jena-java

Install libapache-jena-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libapache-jena-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libapache-jena-java

Install libapache-jena-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 libapache-jena-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libapache-jena-java

How To Uninstall libapache-jena-java on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libapache-jena-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libapache-jena-java

Uninstall libapache-jena-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache-jena-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libapache-jena-java

Remove libapache-jena-java Configurations and Data

To remove libapache-jena-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libapache-jena-java

Remove libapache-jena-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libapache-jena-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libapache-jena-java

Dependencies

libapache-jena-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache-jena-java package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.