How To Install libgcj17-awt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcj17-awt on Debian 9.
What is libgcj17-awt
libgcj17-awt is:
These are runtime libraries holding the AWT peer implementations for libgcj (currently the GTK+ based peer library is required, the QT bases library is not built).
There are three methods to install libgcj17-awt 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 libgcj17-awt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcj17-awt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgcj17-awt
Install libgcj17-awt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgcj17-awt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgcj17-awt
Install libgcj17-awt 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 libgcj17-awt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgcj17-awt
How To Uninstall libgcj17-awt on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgcj17-awt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgcj17-awt
Uninstall libgcj17-awt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgcj17-awt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgcj17-awt
Remove libgcj17-awt Configurations and Data
To remove libgcj17-awt configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgcj17-awt
Remove libgcj17-awt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgcj17-awt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgcj17-awt
Dependencies
libgcj17-awt have the following dependencies:
- gcc-6-base
- libgcj17
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk2.0-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgcj17-awt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.