How To Install libmarc4j-java on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmarc4j-java on Debian 12.
What is libmarc4j-java
libmarc4j-java is:
The goal of MARC4J is to provide an easy to use Application Programming Interface (API) for working with MARC and MARCXML in Java. MARC stands for MAchine Readable Cataloging and is a widely used exchange format for bibliographic data. MARCXML provides a loss-less conversion between MARC (MARC21 but also other formats like UNIMARC) and XML.
There are three methods to install libmarc4j-java on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmarc4j-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 libmarc4j-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmarc4j-java
Install libmarc4j-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmarc4j-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmarc4j-java
Install libmarc4j-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmarc4j-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmarc4j-java
How To Uninstall libmarc4j-java on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmarc4j-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmarc4j-java
Uninstall libmarc4j-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmarc4j-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmarc4j-java
Remove libmarc4j-java Configurations and Data
To remove libmarc4j-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmarc4j-java
Remove libmarc4j-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmarc4j-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmarc4j-java
Dependencies
libmarc4j-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmarc4j-java package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
