How To Install jetty9 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty9 on Ubuntu 22.04. jetty9 is Java servlet engine and webserver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty9 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is jetty9

jetty9 is:

Jetty is an Open Source HTTP Servlet Server written in 100% Java. It is designed to be light weight, high performance, embeddable, extensible and flexible, thus making it an ideal platform for serving dynamic HTTP requests from any Java application.

There are three methods to install jetty9 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install jetty9 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install jetty9 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install jetty9

Install jetty9 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install jetty9 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install jetty9

Install jetty9 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 jetty9 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jetty9

How To Uninstall jetty9 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the jetty9 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove jetty9

Uninstall jetty9 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall jetty9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jetty9

Remove jetty9 Configurations and Data

To remove jetty9 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge jetty9

Remove jetty9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove jetty9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jetty9

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install jetty9 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.