How To Install libunixsocket-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libunixsocket-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libunixsocket-java is Unix socket API and bindings for Java

Introduction

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

What is libunixsocket-java

libunixsocket-java is:

This library is a collection of classes and native code to allow you to read and write Unix sockets from within Java.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libunixsocket-java

Install libunixsocket-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libunixsocket-java

Install libunixsocket-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 libunixsocket-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libunixsocket-java

How To Uninstall libunixsocket-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libunixsocket-java

Uninstall libunixsocket-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libunixsocket-java

Remove libunixsocket-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libunixsocket-java

Remove libunixsocket-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libunixsocket-java

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Summary

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