How To Install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java on Ubuntu 20.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java is:

Java Allocation Instrumenter is a Java agent written using the java.lang.instrument API. Each allocation in your Java program is instrumented; a user-defined callback is invoked on each allocation.

Bytecode rewriting is used to invoke the callback at the site of each allocation.

There are three methods to install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-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 libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

Install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

Install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-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 libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

How To Uninstall libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

Uninstall libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

Remove libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

Remove libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java

References

• libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java website
• libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java on packages.ubuntu.com

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjava-allocation-instrumenter-java package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.