How To Install libxapian-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxapian-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libxapian-java-doc is Xapian search engine interface for Java (documentation)

Introduction

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

What is libxapian-java-doc

libxapian-java-doc is:

The Xapian search engine library is a highly adaptable toolkit which allows developers to easily add advanced indexing and search facilities to their own applications. It implements the probabilistic model of information retrieval, and provides facilities for performing ranked free-text searches, relevance feedback, phrase searching, boolean searching, stemming, and simultaneous update and searching. It is highly scalable, and is capable of working with collections containing hundreds of millions of documents.

The Xapian Java bindings provide an interface to the Xapian library from Java, allowing both indexing and retrieval operations.

This package contains the documentation for the Xapian Java bindings.

There are three methods to install libxapian-java-doc 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 libxapian-java-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxapian-java-doc

Install libxapian-java-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxapian-java-doc

Install libxapian-java-doc 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 libxapian-java-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxapian-java-doc

How To Uninstall libxapian-java-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libxapian-java-doc

Uninstall libxapian-java-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxapian-java-doc

Remove libxapian-java-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxapian-java-doc

Remove libxapian-java-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxapian-java-doc

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Summary

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