How To Install libmecab-jni on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-jni on Debian 11. libmecab-jni is mecab binding for Java - native interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-jni on Debian 11.

What is libmecab-jni

libmecab-jni is:

Mecab is a Japanese morphological analysis system.

libmecab-jni is built for Java.

There are three methods to install libmecab-jni on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmecab-jni Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmecab-jni using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmecab-jni

Install libmecab-jni Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmecab-jni

Install libmecab-jni 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 libmecab-jni using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmecab-jni

How To Uninstall libmecab-jni on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libmecab-jni package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmecab-jni

Uninstall libmecab-jni And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmecab-jni and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmecab-jni

Remove libmecab-jni Configurations and Data

To remove libmecab-jni configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmecab-jni

Remove libmecab-jni configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmecab-jni

Dependencies

libmecab-jni have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmecab-jni package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.