How To Install libjformatstring-java on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjformatstring-java on Debian 9. libjformatstring-java is Java format string compile-time checker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjformatstring-java on Debian 9.

What is libjformatstring-java

libjformatstring-java is:

This project is derived from Sun’s implementation of java.util.Formatter. It is designed to allow compile time checks as to whether or not a use of a format string will be erroneous when executed at runtime.

There are three methods to install libjformatstring-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjformatstring-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 libjformatstring-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjformatstring-java

Install libjformatstring-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjformatstring-java

Install libjformatstring-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjformatstring-java

How To Uninstall libjformatstring-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libjformatstring-java

Uninstall libjformatstring-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjformatstring-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjformatstring-java

Remove libjformatstring-java Configurations and Data

To remove libjformatstring-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjformatstring-java

Remove libjformatstring-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjformatstring-java

Dependencies

libjformatstring-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjformatstring-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.