How To Install libpicocontainer-java on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicocontainer-java on Debian 9. libpicocontainer-java is Java library implementing the Dependency Injection pattern

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicocontainer-java on Debian 9.

What is libpicocontainer-java

libpicocontainer-java is:

PicoContainer is a highly embeddable full service Inversion of Control (IoC) container for components that honour the Dependency Injection pattern. It can be used as a lightweight alternative to Sun’s J2EE patterns for web applications or general solutions.

Despite it being very compact in size, PicoContainer supports different dependency injection types (Constructor, Setter, Annotated Field and Method) and offers multiple lifecycle and monitoring strategies.

There are three methods to install libpicocontainer-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libpicocontainer-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 libpicocontainer-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpicocontainer-java

Install libpicocontainer-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpicocontainer-java

Install libpicocontainer-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libpicocontainer-java

How To Uninstall libpicocontainer-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libpicocontainer-java

Uninstall libpicocontainer-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpicocontainer-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpicocontainer-java

Remove libpicocontainer-java Configurations and Data

To remove libpicocontainer-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpicocontainer-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libpicocontainer-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpicocontainer-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.