How To Install libgluegen2-rt-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgluegen2-rt-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgluegen2-rt-java
libgluegen2-rt-java is:
Gluegen reads as input ANSI C header files and separate configuration files which provide control over many aspects of the glue code generation. GlueGen uses a complete ANSI C parser and an internal representation (IR) capable of representing all C types to represent the APIs for which it generates interfaces. It has the ability to perform significant transformations on the IR before glue code emission. GlueGen is currently powerful enough to bind even low-level APIs such as the Java Native Interface (JNI) and the AWT Native Interface (JAWT) back up to the Java programming language.
This package contains the gluegen 2 runtime files.
There are three methods to install libgluegen2-rt-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 libgluegen2-rt-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 libgluegen2-rt-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgluegen2-rt-java
Install libgluegen2-rt-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgluegen2-rt-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgluegen2-rt-java
Install libgluegen2-rt-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 libgluegen2-rt-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgluegen2-rt-java
How To Uninstall libgluegen2-rt-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgluegen2-rt-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgluegen2-rt-java
Uninstall libgluegen2-rt-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgluegen2-rt-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgluegen2-rt-java
Remove libgluegen2-rt-java Configurations and Data
To remove libgluegen2-rt-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgluegen2-rt-java
Remove libgluegen2-rt-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgluegen2-rt-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgluegen2-rt-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgluegen2-rt-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
