How To Install libfannj-java on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfannj-java on Debian 9.

What is libfannj-java

libfannj-java is:

Use FannJ if you have an existing ANN from the FANN project (libfann2) that you would like to access from Java. There are several GUI tools that will help you create and train an ANN.

There are three methods to install libfannj-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfannj-java

Install libfannj-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfannj-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libfannj-java

How To Uninstall libfannj-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libfannj-java

Uninstall libfannj-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfannj-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfannj-java

Remove libfannj-java Configurations and Data

To remove libfannj-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfannj-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libfannj-java have the following dependencies:

• junit
• libjna-java
• libfann2

References

• libfannj-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfannj-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.