How To Install libtomcat9-java on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcat9-java on Debian 10.
What is libtomcat9-java
libtomcat9-java is:
Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications from Oracle, and provides a “pure Java” HTTP web server environment for Java code to run.
This package contains the Tomcat core classes which can be used by other Java applications to embed Tomcat.
There are three methods to install libtomcat9-java on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtomcat9-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 libtomcat9-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtomcat9-java
Install libtomcat9-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtomcat9-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtomcat9-java
Install libtomcat9-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 libtomcat9-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtomcat9-java
How To Uninstall libtomcat9-java on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtomcat9-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtomcat9-java
Uninstall libtomcat9-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtomcat9-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcat9-java
Remove libtomcat9-java Configurations and Data
To remove libtomcat9-java configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtomcat9-java
Remove libtomcat9-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtomcat9-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomcat9-java
Dependencies
libtomcat9-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcat9-java package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.