How To Install jaxws on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install jaxws on Ubuntu 22.04. jaxws is JAX-WS Reference Implementation (Command Line Tools)

Introduction

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

What is jaxws

jaxws is:

The Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS) provides the API implementation for creating web services, particularly SOAP services.

The JAX-WS Reference Implementation (JSR-224) provides the actual implementation behind the javax.xml.ws.* packages which were integrated to the JRE since Java 6 and were eventually removed in Java 11.

This package contains the wsgen and wsimport command line tools.

There are three methods to install jaxws 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 jaxws Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install jaxws

Install jaxws Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install jaxws

Install jaxws 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 jaxws using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install jaxws

How To Uninstall jaxws on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove jaxws

Uninstall jaxws And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove jaxws

Remove jaxws Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge jaxws

Remove jaxws configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge jaxws

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Summary

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