How To Install libjinput-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjinput-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libjinput-java-doc is Java Game Controller API (javadoc)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjinput-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libjinput-java-doc

libjinput-java-doc is:

jinput is an implementation of an API for game controller discovery and polled input. It is part of a suite of open-source technologies initiated by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems with intention of making the development of high performance games in Java a reality. The API itself is pure Java and presents a platform-neutral completely portable model of controller discovery and polling. It can handle arbitrary controllers and returns both human and machine understandable descriptions of the inputs available.

This package contains the API documentation for jinput.

There are three methods to install libjinput-java-doc 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 libjinput-java-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjinput-java-doc

Install libjinput-java-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjinput-java-doc

Install libjinput-java-doc 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 libjinput-java-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjinput-java-doc

How To Uninstall libjinput-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libjinput-java-doc

Uninstall libjinput-java-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjinput-java-doc

Remove libjinput-java-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjinput-java-doc

Remove libjinput-java-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjinput-java-doc

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Summary

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