How To Install libsimple-validation-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimple-validation-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libsimple-validation-java is library for quickly adding validation code to Swing user-interfaces

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimple-validation-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsimple-validation-java

libsimple-validation-java is:

This is a simple library for retrofitting user-interface input validation to Swing applications. It handles validating user input when the user changes a component’s value, showing error messages and decorating components to indicate which component is the source of the problem. It contains a large number of built-in validators to handle most common situations, such as validating numbers, email addresses, urls and so forth.

There are three methods to install libsimple-validation-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 libsimple-validation-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 libsimple-validation-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsimple-validation-java

Install libsimple-validation-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsimple-validation-java

Install libsimple-validation-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 libsimple-validation-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsimple-validation-java

How To Uninstall libsimple-validation-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libsimple-validation-java

Uninstall libsimple-validation-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimple-validation-java

Remove libsimple-validation-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsimple-validation-java

Remove libsimple-validation-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsimple-validation-java

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Summary

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