How To Install libreflections-java on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreflections-java on Debian 11.
What is libreflections-java
libreflections-java is:
Reflections scans a classpath, indexes the metadata, allows one to query it on runtime and may save and collect that information for many modules within a project.
Using Reflections one can query metadata such as:
- get all subtypes of some type;
- get all types/members annotated with some annotation;
- get all resources matching a regular expression;
- get all methods with specific signature including parameters, parameter annotations and return type.
There are three methods to install libreflections-java on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libreflections-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 libreflections-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libreflections-java
Install libreflections-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libreflections-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libreflections-java
Install libreflections-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 libreflections-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libreflections-java
How To Uninstall libreflections-java on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libreflections-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libreflections-java
Uninstall libreflections-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libreflections-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libreflections-java
Remove libreflections-java Configurations and Data
To remove libreflections-java configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libreflections-java
Remove libreflections-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libreflections-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libreflections-java
Dependencies
libreflections-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libreflections-java package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
