How To Install libopencsv-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencsv-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopencsv-java
libopencsv-java is:
Opencsv is a very simple csv (comma-separated values) parser library for Java. It supports all the basic csv-type things you’re likely to want to do:
- Arbitrary numbers of values per line
- Ignoring commas in quoted elements
- Handling quoted entries with embedded carriage returns (ie entries that span multiple lines)
- Configurable separator and quote characters (or use sensible defaults)
- Read all the entries at once, or use an Iterator style model
- Creating csv files from String[] (ie. automatic escaping of embedded quote chars)
There are three methods to install libopencsv-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 libopencsv-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 libopencsv-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopencsv-java
Install libopencsv-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopencsv-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopencsv-java
Install libopencsv-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 libopencsv-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopencsv-java
How To Uninstall libopencsv-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopencsv-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopencsv-java
Uninstall libopencsv-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopencsv-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencsv-java
Remove libopencsv-java Configurations and Data
To remove libopencsv-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopencsv-java
Remove libopencsv-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopencsv-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopencsv-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencsv-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
