How To Install libjstun-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjstun-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libjstun-java is Java-based STUN implementation

Introduction

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

What is libjstun-java

libjstun-java is:

“JSTUN” is a Java-based STUN (Simple Traversal of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) Through Network Address Translation (NAT)) implementation.

STUN provides a mean for applications to discover the presence and type of firewalls or NATs between them and the public Internet. Additionally, in presence of a NAT STUN can be used by applications to learn the public Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to the NAT.

There are three methods to install libjstun-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 libjstun-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 libjstun-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjstun-java

Install libjstun-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjstun-java

Install libjstun-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 libjstun-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjstun-java

How To Uninstall libjstun-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libjstun-java

Uninstall libjstun-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjstun-java

Remove libjstun-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjstun-java

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

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

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

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Summary

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