How To Install libjoptsimple-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjoptsimple-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjoptsimple-java
libjoptsimple-java is:
JOpt Simple is a Java library for parsing command line options, such as those you might pass to an invocation of javac.
In the interest of striving for simplicity, as closely as possible JOpt Simple attempts to honor the command line option syntaxes of POSIX getopt() and GNU getopt_long() . It also aims to make option parser configuration and retrieval of options and their arguments simple and expressive, without being overly clever.
There are three methods to install libjoptsimple-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 libjoptsimple-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 libjoptsimple-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjoptsimple-java
Install libjoptsimple-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjoptsimple-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjoptsimple-java
Install libjoptsimple-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 libjoptsimple-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjoptsimple-java
How To Uninstall libjoptsimple-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjoptsimple-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjoptsimple-java
Uninstall libjoptsimple-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjoptsimple-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjoptsimple-java
Remove libjoptsimple-java Configurations and Data
To remove libjoptsimple-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjoptsimple-java
Remove libjoptsimple-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjoptsimple-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjoptsimple-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjoptsimple-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
