How To Install libscannotation-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscannotation-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libscannotation-java
libscannotation-java is:
Scannotation is a Java library that creates an annotation database from a set of class files. It gives you APIs that allow you to find archives in your classpath or WAR (web application) that you want to scan, then automatically scans them without loading each and every class within those archives.
There are three methods to install libscannotation-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 libscannotation-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 libscannotation-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libscannotation-java
Install libscannotation-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libscannotation-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libscannotation-java
Install libscannotation-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 libscannotation-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libscannotation-java
How To Uninstall libscannotation-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libscannotation-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libscannotation-java
Uninstall libscannotation-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libscannotation-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libscannotation-java
Remove libscannotation-java Configurations and Data
To remove libscannotation-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libscannotation-java
Remove libscannotation-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libscannotation-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libscannotation-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libscannotation-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
