How To Install libjgit-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 libjgit-java on Ubuntu.

What is `libjgit-java`

libjgit-java is:

JGit is a lightweight, pure Java library implementing the Git version control system:

Repository access routines
Network protocols
Core version control algorithms

There are three methods to install libjgit-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 libjgit-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 libjgit-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjgit-java

Install libjgit-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjgit-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjgit-java

How To Uninstall libjgit-java on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove libjgit-java

Uninstall libjgit-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjgit-java

Remove libjgit-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjgit-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjgit-java have the following dependencies:

References

libjgit-java website

Summary

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