How To Install libjinput-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjinput-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjinput-java
libjinput-java 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.
There are three methods to install libjinput-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 libjinput-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 libjinput-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjinput-java
Install libjinput-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjinput-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjinput-java
Install libjinput-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 libjinput-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjinput-java
How To Uninstall libjinput-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjinput-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjinput-java
Uninstall libjinput-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjinput-java 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
Remove libjinput-java Configurations and Data
To remove libjinput-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjinput-java
Remove libjinput-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjinput-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjinput-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjinput-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
