How To Install wims-java-applets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wims-java-applets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wims-java-applets
wims-java-applets is:
WIMS uses modules to implement every user interface beyond its main page. Some of them depend on Java applets; this package provides the collection of free applets which are maintained upstream.
Some interesting applets like Jmol are missing, since they still cannot be built from their source with free/libre compilers. You can get them from their upstream developers.
There are three methods to install wims-java-applets 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 wims-java-applets Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wims-java-applets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wims-java-applets
Install wims-java-applets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wims-java-applets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wims-java-applets
Install wims-java-applets 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 wims-java-applets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wims-java-applets
How To Uninstall wims-java-applets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wims-java-applets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wims-java-applets
Uninstall wims-java-applets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wims-java-applets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wims-java-applets
Remove wims-java-applets Configurations and Data
To remove wims-java-applets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wims-java-applets
Remove wims-java-applets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wims-java-applets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wims-java-applets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wims-java-applets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
