How To Install libbytelist-java on Debian 10

Learn how to install libbytelist-java on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libbytelist-java is helper library for packaging JRuby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytelist-java on Debian 10.

What is libbytelist-java

libbytelist-java is:

This library provides the org.jruby.util.ByteList byte container.

ByteList is simple a collection of bytes in the same way a Java String is a collection of characters. However, its API resembles StringBuffer/StringBuilder more than String because it is a mutable object.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libbytelist-java

Install libbytelist-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libbytelist-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libbytelist-java

How To Uninstall libbytelist-java on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libbytelist-java

Uninstall libbytelist-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libbytelist-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libbytelist-java

Remove libbytelist-java Configurations and Data

To remove libbytelist-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libbytelist-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libbytelist-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libbytelist-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.