How To Install libcore-renderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcore-renderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libcore-renderer-java is Java library that provides an XML/XHTML/CSS 2.1 Renderer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcore-renderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcore-renderer-java

libcore-renderer-java is:

xhtmlrender is an XML/CSS renderer, which means it takes XML files as input, applies formatting and styling using CSS, and generates a rendered representation of that XML as output. The output may go to the screen (in a GUI), to an image or to a PDF file.

The main target for content is XHTML 1.0 (strict), an XML document format that standardizes HTML. However, xhtmlrenderer accepts any well-formed XML for rendering as long as CSS is provided that tells how to lay it out.

In the case of XHTML, default stylesheets are provided out of the box and packaged within the library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libcore-renderer-java

Install libcore-renderer-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libcore-renderer-java

Install libcore-renderer-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 libcore-renderer-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcore-renderer-java

How To Uninstall libcore-renderer-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libcore-renderer-java

Uninstall libcore-renderer-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcore-renderer-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcore-renderer-java

Remove libcore-renderer-java Configurations and Data

To remove libcore-renderer-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcore-renderer-java

Remove libcore-renderer-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcore-renderer-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcore-renderer-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.