How To Install libtruffle-java on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtruffle-java on Debian 9.
What is libtruffle-java
libtruffle-java is:
Truffle is a language abstract syntax tree interpreter which allow it to implement languages on top of the Graal framework.
To implement a language using Truffle you write an AST for your language and add methods to interpret (perform the action of) each node.
Graal is an Oracle project aiming to implement a high performance Java dynamic compiler and interpreter.
There are three methods to install libtruffle-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtruffle-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 libtruffle-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtruffle-java
Install libtruffle-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtruffle-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtruffle-java
Install libtruffle-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 libtruffle-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtruffle-java
How To Uninstall libtruffle-java on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtruffle-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtruffle-java
Uninstall libtruffle-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtruffle-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtruffle-java
Remove libtruffle-java Configurations and Data
To remove libtruffle-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtruffle-java
Remove libtruffle-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtruffle-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtruffle-java
Dependencies
libtruffle-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtruffle-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.