How to Install and Uninstall gcj-4.8-jdk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: October 31,2024

1. Install "gcj-4.8-jdk" package

Please follow the steps below to install gcj-4.8-jdk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gcj-4.8-jdk

2. Uninstall "gcj-4.8-jdk" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall gcj-4.8-jdk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove gcj-4.8-jdk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gcj-4.8-jdk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gcj-4.8-jdk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/java
Installed-Size: 1139
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-4.8
Version: 4.8.5-4ubuntu2
Replaces: libgcj11 (<< 4.5-20100101-1)
Provides: java-compiler, java-sdk, java2-sdk, java5-sdk
Depends: gcc-4.8-base (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), gcc-4.8 (>= 4.8), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), gcj-4.8 (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), gcj-4.8-jre (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), libgcj14-dev (= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2), fastjar, libgcj-bc, java-common, libantlr-java, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcj14 (>= 4.8), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Recommends: libecj-java-gcj
Suggests: gcj-4.8-source (>= 4.8), libgcj14-dbg (>= 4.8.5-4ubuntu2)
Conflicts: cpp-4.1 (<< 4.1.1), gcc-4.1 (<< 4.1.1), gcj-4.4
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-4.8/gcj-4.8-jdk_4.8.5-4ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 535586
MD5sum: e8e38fa07a1be051287061e8ca854d92
SHA1: cdede59831aa895430abac1e61b4d453982f7da3
SHA256: afa8337bd7e6bc8fb7e285501fb9524e02538cbc6c47f2e7ace6c98e56cff405
Description-en: GCJ and Classpath development tools for Java(TM)
GCJ is a front end to the GCC compiler which can natively compile both
Java(tm) source and bytecode files. The compiler can also generate class
files. Other java development tools from classpath are included in this
package.
.
The package contains as well a collection of wrapper scripts and symlinks.
It is meant to provide a Java-SDK-like interface to the GCJ tool set.
Description-md5: 4dd080bc432002fe5f9359aef3f3f988
Homepage: http://gcc.gnu.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu