How To Install libmodulator-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmodulator-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libmodulator-java is Java small shim library that wraps Java 9 APIs and exposes them to recent JDKs

Introduction

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

What is libmodulator-java

libmodulator-java is:

Modulator is just a very lightweight shim library that wraps Java 9 and previous reflection APIs to allow a uniform API into “module”-like behaviors on all recent JDKs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmodulator-java

Install libmodulator-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmodulator-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmodulator-java

How To Uninstall libmodulator-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libmodulator-java

Uninstall libmodulator-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmodulator-java

Remove libmodulator-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmodulator-java

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

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

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

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Summary

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