How To Install libjaba-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjaba-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libjaba-client-java is minimal client for the JABAWS server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjaba-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libjaba-client-java

libjaba-client-java is:

This package contains a library for building a client for the JABAWS sequence alignment server.

This library is needed by jalview.

There are three methods to install libjaba-client-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 libjaba-client-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 libjaba-client-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjaba-client-java

Install libjaba-client-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjaba-client-java

Install libjaba-client-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 libjaba-client-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjaba-client-java

How To Uninstall libjaba-client-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libjaba-client-java

Uninstall libjaba-client-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjaba-client-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjaba-client-java

Remove libjaba-client-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjaba-client-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjaba-client-java

Remove libjaba-client-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjaba-client-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjaba-client-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.