How To Install libcommons-launcher-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcommons-launcher-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcommons-launcher-java
libcommons-launcher-java is:
Commons-launcher eliminates the need for a batch or shell script to launch a Java class. Some situations where elimination of a batch or shell script may be desirable are:
You want to avoid having to determining where certain application paths are e.g. your application’s home directory, etc. Determining this dynamically in a Windows batch scripts is very tricky on some versions of Windows or when softlinks are used on Unix platforms.
You want to avoid having to handle native file and path separators or native path quoting issues.
You need to enforce certain system properties e.g. java.endorsed.dirs when running with JDK 1.4.
You want to allow users to pass in custom JVM arguments or system properties without having to parse and reorder arguments in your script. This can be tricky and/or messy in batch and shell scripts.
You want to bootstrap system properties from a configuration file instead hard-coding them in your batch and shell scripts.
You want to provide localized error messages which is very tricky to do in batch and shell scripts.
There are three methods to install libcommons-launcher-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 libcommons-launcher-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-launcher-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcommons-launcher-java
Install libcommons-launcher-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcommons-launcher-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcommons-launcher-java
Install libcommons-launcher-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 libcommons-launcher-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcommons-launcher-java
How To Uninstall libcommons-launcher-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcommons-launcher-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcommons-launcher-java
Uninstall libcommons-launcher-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcommons-launcher-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcommons-launcher-java
Remove libcommons-launcher-java Configurations and Data
To remove libcommons-launcher-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcommons-launcher-java
Remove libcommons-launcher-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcommons-launcher-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcommons-launcher-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcommons-launcher-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
