How To Install libopencsv-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 libopencsv-java on Ubuntu.

What is `libopencsv-java`

libopencsv-java is:

Opencsv is a very simple csv (comma-separated values) parser library for Java. It supports all the basic csv-type things you’re likely to want to do:

Arbitrary numbers of values per line
Ignoring commas in quoted elements
Handling quoted entries with embedded carriage returns (ie entries that span multiple lines)
Configurable separator and quote characters (or use sensible defaults)
Read all the entries at once, or use an Iterator style model
Creating csv files from String[] (ie. automatic escaping of embedded quote chars)

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

sudo apt-get -y install libopencsv-java

Install libopencsv-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopencsv-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libopencsv-java

How To Uninstall libopencsv-java on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove libopencsv-java

Uninstall libopencsv-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencsv-java

Remove libopencsv-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libopencsv-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopencsv-java have the following dependencies:

References

libopencsv-java website

Summary

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