How To Install libcgi-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgi-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcgi-java
libcgi-java is:
This library allows CGI scripts to be written in Java. The library provides access to all the standard CGI variables including POST/GET. It also makes it easy to create input forms in HTML documents.
There are three methods to install libcgi-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 libcgi-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 libcgi-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcgi-java
Install libcgi-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcgi-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcgi-java
Install libcgi-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 libcgi-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcgi-java
How To Uninstall libcgi-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcgi-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcgi-java
Uninstall libcgi-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcgi-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcgi-java
Remove libcgi-java Configurations and Data
To remove libcgi-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcgi-java
Remove libcgi-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcgi-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcgi-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcgi-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
