How To Install proguard-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install proguard-cli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is proguard-cli
proguard-cli is:
ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, and obfuscator. It can detect and remove unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It can then optimize bytecode and remove unused instructions. Finally, it can rename the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. The resulting jars are smaller and harder to reverse-engineer.
This package contains the Proguard command line tool.
There are three methods to install proguard-cli 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 proguard-cli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install proguard-cli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install proguard-cli
Install proguard-cli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install proguard-cli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install proguard-cli
Install proguard-cli 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 proguard-cli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install proguard-cli
How To Uninstall proguard-cli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the proguard-cli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove proguard-cli
Uninstall proguard-cli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall proguard-cli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove proguard-cli
Remove proguard-cli Configurations and Data
To remove proguard-cli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge proguard-cli
Remove proguard-cli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove proguard-cli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge proguard-cli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install proguard-cli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
