How To Install libfindbugs-java 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 libfindbugs-java on Ubuntu.

What is `libfindbugs-java`

libfindbugs-java is:

FindBugs is a program which uses static analysis to look for bugs in Java code. It can analyze programs compiled for any version of Java, from 1.0 to 1.8.

This package contains the FindBugs library.

There are three methods to install libfindbugs-java 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 libfindbugs-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfindbugs-java

Install libfindbugs-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfindbugs-java

Install libfindbugs-java 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 libfindbugs-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfindbugs-java

How To Uninstall libfindbugs-java on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libfindbugs-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfindbugs-java

Uninstall libfindbugs-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfindbugs-java

Remove libfindbugs-java Configurations and Data

To remove libfindbugs-java configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfindbugs-java

Remove libfindbugs-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfindbugs-java

Dependencies

libfindbugs-java have the following dependencies:

References

libfindbugs-java website

Summary

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