How To Install libmetainf-services-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetainf-services-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmetainf-services-java
libmetainf-services-java is:
This tiny library is an annotation processor that automatically generates META-INF/services/* file from annotations that you placed on your source code, thereby eliminating the need for you to do it by yourself.
There are three methods to install libmetainf-services-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 libmetainf-services-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 libmetainf-services-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmetainf-services-java
Install libmetainf-services-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmetainf-services-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmetainf-services-java
Install libmetainf-services-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 libmetainf-services-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmetainf-services-java
How To Uninstall libmetainf-services-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmetainf-services-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmetainf-services-java
Uninstall libmetainf-services-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmetainf-services-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmetainf-services-java
Remove libmetainf-services-java Configurations and Data
To remove libmetainf-services-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmetainf-services-java
Remove libmetainf-services-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmetainf-services-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmetainf-services-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmetainf-services-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
