How To Install liblogback-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblogback-java on Ubuntu 18.04. liblogback-java is flexible logging library for Java

Introduction

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

What is liblogback-java

liblogback-java is:

Logback is a reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging library for Java. It’s intended as a successor to the popular log4j project.

The logback-core module lays the groundwork for the other two modules.

The logback-classic module can be assimilated to a significantly improved version of log4j. Moreover, logback-classic natively implements the SLF4J API so that you can readily switch back and forth between logback and other logging systems such as log4j or java.util.logging (JUL).

The logback-access module integrates with Servlet containers, such as Tomcat and Jetty, to provide HTTP-access log functionality.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblogback-java

Install liblogback-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblogback-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblogback-java

How To Uninstall liblogback-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liblogback-java

Uninstall liblogback-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblogback-java

Remove liblogback-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liblogback-java

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

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

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

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Summary

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