How to Install and Uninstall java-package Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "java-package" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install java-package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                java-package
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "java-package" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall java-package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                java-package
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the java-package package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: java-package
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/misc
Installed-Size: 70
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.61
Depends: debhelper (>= 9), build-essential, dpkg-dev, fakeroot, libasound2, libfontconfig1, libgl1-mesa-glx, libgtk2.0-0, libx11-6, libxslt1.1, libxtst6, libxxf86vm1, unzip
Suggests: openjdk-7-jre
Filename: pool/multiverse/j/java-package/java-package_0.61_all.deb
Size: 16528
MD5sum: 058a276877f532b92a0c3a9505e28e24
SHA1: 994886bfab6949cc51e6c05955c4a88b20693dfa
SHA256: 7b80d7be9a7325f53145ac6f10420c3748a2afe24e5fd75db1b4141903a5053f
Description-en: Utility for creating Java Debian packages
This package provides the capability to build a Debian package from
a Java binary distribution by running make-jpkg .
(with archive files downloaded from providers listed below)
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Supported java binary distributions currently include:
* Oracle (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads) :
- The Java Development Kit (JDK), version 6, 7 and 8
- The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), version 6, 7 and 8
- The Java API Javadoc, version 6, 7 and 8
Choose tar.gz archives or self-extracting archives (_not_ RPM).
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Please note that Debian recommends the use of openjdk-[78]-jdk and/or
openjdk-[78]-jre, which are installed by default-jdk or default-jre for
most architectures.
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java-package will create non-free packages.
Description-md5: 20b1926b722aad2edefb21bf39830687
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu