How To Install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
libgeronimo-osgi-support-java is:
These Java libraries allow the use of OSGi framework with Geronimo existing projects. They allow lookup and registration of components.
- geronimo-osgi-locator.jar: Allow performing class and components lookups with OSGi support. .
- geronimo-osgi-registry.jar: Facilitate the use of Geronimo specs providers (components typically plugged in to the JRE through META-INF/services resources) like geronimo-validation-1.0-spec (Geronimo JSR-303 Bean Validation Spec API). . The service created by this library will maintain a registry of factory class that can be used by the spec bundles to locate factory classes that reside in other bundles.
There are three methods to install libgeronimo-osgi-support-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 libgeronimo-osgi-support-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 libgeronimo-osgi-support-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
Install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
Install libgeronimo-osgi-support-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 libgeronimo-osgi-support-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
How To Uninstall libgeronimo-osgi-support-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgeronimo-osgi-support-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
Uninstall libgeronimo-osgi-support-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgeronimo-osgi-support-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
Remove libgeronimo-osgi-support-java Configurations and Data
To remove libgeronimo-osgi-support-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
Remove libgeronimo-osgi-support-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgeronimo-osgi-support-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgeronimo-osgi-support-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgeronimo-osgi-support-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
