How To Install libcommons-exec-java on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcommons-exec-java on Debian 11.
What is libcommons-exec-java
libcommons-exec-java is:
Executing external processes from Java is a well-known problem area. It is inherently platform dependent and requires the developer to know and test for platform specific behaviors, for example using cmd.exe on Windows or limited buffer sizes causing deadlocks. The JRE support for this is very limited, albeit better with the new Java SE 1.5 ProcessBuilder class.
Reliably executing external processes can also require knowledge of the environment variables before or after the command is executed. In J2SE 1.1-1.4 there is no support for this, since the method, System.getenv(), for retrieving environment variables is deprecated.
There are currently several different libraries that for their own purposes have implemented frameworks around Runtime.exec() to handle the various issues outlined above. The commons-exec package aims at coordinating and learning from these initiatives to create and maintain a simple, reusable and well-tested package.
There are three methods to install libcommons-exec-java on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcommons-exec-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 libcommons-exec-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcommons-exec-java
Install libcommons-exec-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcommons-exec-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcommons-exec-java
Install libcommons-exec-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 libcommons-exec-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcommons-exec-java
How To Uninstall libcommons-exec-java on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libcommons-exec-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcommons-exec-java
Uninstall libcommons-exec-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcommons-exec-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcommons-exec-java
Remove libcommons-exec-java Configurations and Data
To remove libcommons-exec-java configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcommons-exec-java
Remove libcommons-exec-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcommons-exec-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcommons-exec-java
Dependencies
libcommons-exec-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcommons-exec-java package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
