How to Install and Uninstall gcj-4.9-jdk Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 23,2024

1. Install "gcj-4.9-jdk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install gcj-4.9-jdk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install gcj-4.9-jdk

2. Uninstall "gcj-4.9-jdk" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall gcj-4.9-jdk on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):

$ sudo apt remove gcj-4.9-jdk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the gcj-4.9-jdk package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gcj-4.9-jdk
Priority: optional
Section: universe/java
Installed-Size: 1241
Maintainer: Ubuntu Core developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian GCC Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: gcc-4.9
Version: 4.9.3-13ubuntu2
Replaces: libgcj11 (<< 4.5-20100101-1)
Provides: java-compiler, java-sdk, java2-sdk, java5-sdk
Depends: gcc-4.9-base (= 4.9.3-13ubuntu2), gcc-4.9 (>= 4.9), libc6-dev (>= 2.13-0ubuntu6), gcj-4.9 (= 4.9.3-13ubuntu2), gcj-4.9-jre (= 4.9.3-13ubuntu2), libgcj15-dev (= 4.9.3-13ubuntu2), fastjar, libgcj-bc, java-common, libantlr-java, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcj15 (>= 4.9), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Recommends: libecj-java-gcj
Suggests: gcj-4.9-source (>= 4.9), libgcj15-dbg (>= 4.9.3-13ubuntu2)
Conflicts: cpp-4.1 (<< 4.1.1), gcc-4.1 (<< 4.1.1), gcj-4.4
Filename: pool/universe/g/gcc-4.9/gcj-4.9-jdk_4.9.3-13ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 564032
MD5sum: e03bdf4bf8cd4fe1f6ba551e1df73beb
SHA1: 23b5fda073190ddc86d7267fd5a0c9e1c562fd9b
SHA256: 6c47151bd9679c780520a3ec5b944ac2d8b9c2e524c45ee29850e3afe0b531a7
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