How To Install libmail-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmail-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libmail-java-doc is JavaMail API Reference Implementation (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is libmail-java-doc

libmail-java-doc is:

The JavaMail API provides a platform-independent and protocol-independent framework to build mail and messaging applications.

This package contains the API documentation of libmail-java.

There are three methods to install libmail-java-doc 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 libmail-java-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmail-java-doc

Install libmail-java-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmail-java-doc

Install libmail-java-doc 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 libmail-java-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmail-java-doc

How To Uninstall libmail-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmail-java-doc

Uninstall libmail-java-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmail-java-doc

Remove libmail-java-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmail-java-doc

Remove libmail-java-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmail-java-doc

References

Summary

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