How To Install libapache-poi-java on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache-poi-java on Debian 9. libapache-poi-java is Apache POI - Java API for Microsoft Documents

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache-poi-java on Debian 9.

What is libapache-poi-java

libapache-poi-java is:

Apache POI provides a Java API for manipulating various file formats based upon the Office Open XML standards (OOXML) and Microsoft’s OLE 2 Compound Document format (OLE2).

Apache POI supports the following formats:

  • Word (DOC, DOCX)
  • Excel (XLS, XLSX)
  • PowerPoint (PPT, PPTX)
  • Visio (VSD)
  • Publisher (PUB)
  • Outlook
  • TNEF (Transport Neutral Encoding Format)

There are three methods to install libapache-poi-java on Debian 9. 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-poi-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-poi-java using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install libapache-poi-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libapache-poi-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libapache-poi-java

How To Uninstall libapache-poi-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libapache-poi-java

Uninstall libapache-poi-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libapache-poi-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

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

Remove libapache-poi-java Configurations and Data

To remove libapache-poi-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

libapache-poi-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libapache-poi-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.