How To Install libgoogle-gson-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-gson-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgoogle-gson-java
libgoogle-gson-java is:
Gson is a Java library that can be used to convert Java Objects into their JSON representation. It can also be used to convert a JSON string to an equivalent Java object. Gson can work with arbitrary Java objects including pre-existing objects that you do not have source-code of.
Gson Goals
- Provide simple toJson() and fromJson() methods to convert Java objects to JSON and vice-versa
- Allow pre-existing unmodifiable objects to be converted to and from JSON
- Extensive support of Java Generics
- Allow custom representations for objects
- Support arbitrarily complex objects (with deep inheritance hierarchies and extensive use of generic types)
There are three methods to install libgoogle-gson-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 libgoogle-gson-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 libgoogle-gson-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgoogle-gson-java
Install libgoogle-gson-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgoogle-gson-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgoogle-gson-java
Install libgoogle-gson-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 libgoogle-gson-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgoogle-gson-java
How To Uninstall libgoogle-gson-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgoogle-gson-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgoogle-gson-java
Uninstall libgoogle-gson-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgoogle-gson-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgoogle-gson-java
Remove libgoogle-gson-java Configurations and Data
To remove libgoogle-gson-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgoogle-gson-java
Remove libgoogle-gson-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgoogle-gson-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgoogle-gson-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgoogle-gson-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
