How To Install libreadline-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libreadline-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libreadline-java-doc is API docs for readline/editline wrappers for Java

Introduction

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

What is libreadline-java-doc

libreadline-java-doc is:

This package provides the API documentation and examples for the GNU readline and BSD editline wrappers for Java. The wrappers themselves can be found in package libreadline-java.

There are three methods to install libreadline-java-doc 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 libreadline-java-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libreadline-java-doc

Install libreadline-java-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libreadline-java-doc

Install libreadline-java-doc 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 libreadline-java-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libreadline-java-doc

How To Uninstall libreadline-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libreadline-java-doc

Uninstall libreadline-java-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreadline-java-doc

Remove libreadline-java-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libreadline-java-doc

Remove libreadline-java-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreadline-java-doc

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Summary

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