How To Install visualvm on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install visualvm on Debian 12.
What is visualvm
visualvm is:
VisualVM is a visual tool integrating several commandline JDK tools and lightweight profiling capabilities. Designed for both production and development time use, it further enhances the capability of monitoring and performance analysis for the Java SE platform.
VisualVM is designed for
- Application Developers: Monitor, profile, take thread dumps, browse heap dumps.
- System Administrators: Monitor and control Java applications across the entire network.
- Java Application Users: Create bug reports containing all the necessary information.
There are three methods to install visualvm on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install visualvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install visualvm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install visualvm
Install visualvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install visualvm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install visualvm
Install visualvm 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 visualvm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install visualvm
How To Uninstall visualvm on Debian 12
To uninstall only the visualvm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove visualvm
Uninstall visualvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall visualvm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove visualvm
Remove visualvm Configurations and Data
To remove visualvm configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge visualvm
Remove visualvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove visualvm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge visualvm
Dependencies
visualvm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install visualvm package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
