How To Install liboptions-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liboptions-java on Ubuntu 18.04. liboptions-java is command line option parsing library for Java

Introduction

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

What is liboptions-java

liboptions-java is:

Generic Java API to

  • Check whether the syntax used is valid and supported
  • Retrieve the actual data required for the application The Options class implements a generic approach to easily handle the most complex situations. The class allows for a simple definition of the required options and data arguments, and provides thorough syntax checks and easy access to the results of these checks.

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

sudo apt-get -y install liboptions-java

Install liboptions-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liboptions-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install liboptions-java

How To Uninstall liboptions-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove liboptions-java

Uninstall liboptions-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liboptions-java

Remove liboptions-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge liboptions-java

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

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

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

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Summary

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