How To Install libavro-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavro-java
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libavro-java
libavro-java is:
Apache Avro is a data serialization system providing:
- Rich data structures.
- A compact, fast, binary data format.
- A container file, to store persistent data.
- Remote procedure call (RPC).
- Simple integration with dynamic languages. Code generation is not required to read or write data files nor to use or implement RPC protocols. Code generation as an optional optimization, only worth implementing for statically typed languages.
This package contains the Java API of Apache Avro
There are three methods to install libavro-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 libavro-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 libavro-java
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libavro-java
Install libavro-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libavro-java
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libavro-java
Install libavro-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 libavro-java
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libavro-java
How To Uninstall libavro-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libavro-java
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libavro-java
Uninstall libavro-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libavro-java
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libavro-java
Remove libavro-java Configurations and Data
To remove libavro-java
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libavro-java
Remove libavro-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libavro-java
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libavro-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libavro-java
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.