How To Install libbcel-java on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbcel-java on Debian 10.
What is libbcel-java
libbcel-java is:
The Byte Code Engineering Library is intended to give users a convenient possibility to analyze, create, and manipulate (binary) Java class files (those ending with .class). Classes are represented by objects which contain all the symbolic information of the given class: methods, fields and byte code instructions, in particular.
Such objects can be read from an existing file, be transformed by a program (e.g. a class loader at run-time) and dumped to a file again. An even more interesting application is the creation of classes from scratch at run-time. The Byte Code Engineering Library (BCEL) may be also useful if you want to learn about the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) and the format of Java .class files.
There are three methods to install libbcel-java on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libbcel-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 libbcel-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libbcel-java
Install libbcel-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libbcel-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libbcel-java
Install libbcel-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 libbcel-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libbcel-java
How To Uninstall libbcel-java on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libbcel-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libbcel-java
Uninstall libbcel-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libbcel-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbcel-java
Remove libbcel-java Configurations and Data
To remove libbcel-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libbcel-java
Remove libbcel-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libbcel-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbcel-java
Dependencies
libbcel-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libbcel-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
