How To Install libbytecode-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytecode-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libbytecode-java is Java bytecode manipulation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytecode-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libbytecode-java

libbytecode-java is:

The library presents itself as a collection of routines to manipulate Java bytecode. It allows for the dynamic creation of Java class files without using of Javac. Such tailored code can be used, i.e. as for the upstream’s motivation of the BioJava developers, to generate implementations of Hidden Markov Models. It thus acts much like inline assembly for Java.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbytecode-java

Install libbytecode-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbytecode-java

Install libbytecode-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 libbytecode-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libbytecode-java

How To Uninstall libbytecode-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libbytecode-java

Uninstall libbytecode-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbytecode-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbytecode-java

Remove libbytecode-java Configurations and Data

To remove libbytecode-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbytecode-java

Remove libbytecode-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libbytecode-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytecode-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.