How To Install libservlet3.1-java on Debian 12

Learn how to install libservlet3.1-java on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libservlet3.1-java is Java Servlet API 3.1 (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libservlet3.1-java on Debian 12.

What is libservlet3.1-java

libservlet3.1-java is:

The Servlet API is the Java platform technology of choice for interacting with the web. Servlets provide a component-based, platform-independent method, for building web-based applications generating dynamic content. Servlets are managed by a container and interact with web clients via a request/response paradigm.

This is a transitional package, the other JavaEE packages should be used instead.

There are three methods to install libservlet3.1-java on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libservlet3.1-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 libservlet3.1-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libservlet3.1-java

Install libservlet3.1-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libservlet3.1-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libservlet3.1-java

Install libservlet3.1-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 libservlet3.1-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libservlet3.1-java

How To Uninstall libservlet3.1-java on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libservlet3.1-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libservlet3.1-java

Uninstall libservlet3.1-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libservlet3.1-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libservlet3.1-java

Remove libservlet3.1-java Configurations and Data

To remove libservlet3.1-java configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libservlet3.1-java

Remove libservlet3.1-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libservlet3.1-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libservlet3.1-java

Dependencies

libservlet3.1-java have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libservlet3.1-java package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.