How To Install libautomaton-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libautomaton-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libautomaton-java
libautomaton-java is:
Automaton is a DFA/NFA (finite-state automata) implementation with Unicode alphabet (UTF16) and support for the standard regular expression operations (concatenation, union, Kleene star) and a number of non-standard ones (intersection, complement, etc.).
There are three methods to install libautomaton-java on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libautomaton-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 libautomaton-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libautomaton-java
Install libautomaton-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libautomaton-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libautomaton-java
Install libautomaton-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libautomaton-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libautomaton-java
How To Uninstall libautomaton-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libautomaton-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libautomaton-java
Uninstall libautomaton-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libautomaton-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libautomaton-java
Remove libautomaton-java Configurations and Data
To remove libautomaton-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libautomaton-java
Remove libautomaton-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libautomaton-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libautomaton-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libautomaton-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
