How To Install libciftools-java on Debian 12

Learn how to install libciftools-java on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libciftools-java is Java library to read and write CIF files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libciftools-java on Debian 12.

What is libciftools-java

libciftools-java is:

CIFTools implements reading and writing of CIF files as well as their efficiently encoded counterpart, called BinaryCIF. The idea is to have a robust, type-safe implementation for the handling of CIF files which does not care about the origin of the data: both conventional text-based and binary files should be handled the same way.

There are three methods to install libciftools-java on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libciftools-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 libciftools-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libciftools-java

Install libciftools-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libciftools-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libciftools-java

How To Uninstall libciftools-java on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libciftools-java

Uninstall libciftools-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libciftools-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libciftools-java

Remove libciftools-java Configurations and Data

To remove libciftools-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libciftools-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libciftools-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libciftools-java package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.