How To Install libjthread-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjthread-dev on Debian 9. libjthread-dev is JThread cross-platform library headers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjthread-dev on Debian 9.

What is libjthread-dev

libjthread-dev is:

The JThread package provides some classes to make use of threads easily on different platforms. The classes are actually rather simple wrappers around existing thread implementations.

This package contains the headers and development libraries needed to build applications using JThread.

There are three methods to install libjthread-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjthread-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjthread-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjthread-dev

Install libjthread-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjthread-dev

Install libjthread-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libjthread-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjthread-dev

How To Uninstall libjthread-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libjthread-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjthread-dev

Uninstall libjthread-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjthread-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjthread-dev

Remove libjthread-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libjthread-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjthread-dev

Remove libjthread-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjthread-dev

Dependencies

libjthread-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjthread-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.