How To Install maven-repo-helper on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-repo-helper on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is maven-repo-helper
maven-repo-helper is:
This package enables Debian packages which are not using Maven in their build process to provide and install Maven POMs and libraries in the repository located in /usr/share/maven-repo.
Packages built with Maven (using maven-debian-helper) will benefit as many of their dependencies are already packaged in Debian but they are missing the necessary metadata (Maven POM) which is required by Maven when it is using dependencies.
A tutorial is available at /usr/share/doc/maven-repo-helper/tutorial.html
There are three methods to install maven-repo-helper 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 maven-repo-helper Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maven-repo-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maven-repo-helper
Install maven-repo-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maven-repo-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maven-repo-helper
Install maven-repo-helper 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 maven-repo-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maven-repo-helper
How To Uninstall maven-repo-helper on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the maven-repo-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maven-repo-helper
Uninstall maven-repo-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maven-repo-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maven-repo-helper
Remove maven-repo-helper Configurations and Data
To remove maven-repo-helper configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maven-repo-helper
Remove maven-repo-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maven-repo-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maven-repo-helper
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maven-repo-helper package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
