How To Install bnd on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bnd on Ubuntu.

What is `bnd`

bnd is:

The bnd tool helps you create and diagnose OSGi bundles. The key functions are:

Show the manifest and JAR contents of a bundle
Wrap a JAR so that it becomes a bundle
Create a Bundle from a specification and a class path
Verify the validity of the manifest entries

The tool is capable of acting as:

Command line tool
Maven Plugin
Ant Plugin

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

Install bnd Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bnd

Install bnd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bnd

Install bnd 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 bnd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bnd

How To Uninstall bnd on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove bnd

Uninstall bnd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bnd

Remove bnd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bnd

Remove bnd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bnd

Dependencies

bnd have the following dependencies:

References

bnd website

Summary

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