Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfop-java on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libfop-java
libfop-java is:
FOP is a Java application that reads a formatting object tree and then
turns it into a wide variety of output presentations (including AFP,
PCL, PDF, PNG, PostScript, RTF, TIFF, and plain text), or displays
the result on-screen.
The formatting object tree can be in the form of an XML document
(output by an XSLT engine like xalan) or can be passed in memory as a
DOM Document or (in the case of xalan) SAX events.
This package contains the fop jar file
There are three methods to install libfop-java on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfop-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 libfop-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfop-java
Install libfop-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfop-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfop-java
Install libfop-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 libfop-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfop-java
How To Uninstall libfop-java on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libfop-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfop-java
Uninstall libfop-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfop-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfop-java
Remove libfop-java Configurations and Data
To remove libfop-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfop-java
Remove libfop-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfop-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfop-java
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfop-java package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
