How To Install libjinput-jni on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjinput-jni on Debian 10.
What is libjinput-jni
libjinput-jni 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 java jni library.
There are three methods to install libjinput-jni on Debian 10. 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-jni 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-jni using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjinput-jni
Install libjinput-jni Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjinput-jni using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjinput-jni
Install libjinput-jni 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 libjinput-jni using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjinput-jni
How To Uninstall libjinput-jni on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libjinput-jni package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjinput-jni
Uninstall libjinput-jni And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjinput-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjinput-jni
Remove libjinput-jni Configurations and Data
To remove libjinput-jni configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjinput-jni
Remove libjinput-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjinput-jni configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjinput-jni
Dependencies
libjinput-jni have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjinput-jni package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.