How To Install libsimple-http-java on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimple-http-java on Debian 9.
What is libsimple-http-java
libsimple-http-java is:
The goal of Simple is to bring the power of simplicity to the world of server side Java. The primary focus of the project is to provide a truly embeddable Java based HTTP engine capable of handling enormous loads.
Simple provides a truly asynchronous service model, request completion is driven using an internal, transparent, monitoring system. This allows Simple to vastly outperform most popular Java based servers in a multi-tier environment, as it requires only a very limited number of threads to handle very high quantities of concurrent clients.
Simple has consistently out performed both commercial and open source Java Servlet engines and has a fully comprehensive API that is as usable for experienced Java developers as it is for beginners.
There are three methods to install libsimple-http-java 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 libsimple-http-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 libsimple-http-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsimple-http-java
Install libsimple-http-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsimple-http-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsimple-http-java
Install libsimple-http-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libsimple-http-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsimple-http-java
How To Uninstall libsimple-http-java on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libsimple-http-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsimple-http-java
Uninstall libsimple-http-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsimple-http-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsimple-http-java
Remove libsimple-http-java Configurations and Data
To remove libsimple-http-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsimple-http-java
Remove libsimple-http-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsimple-http-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsimple-http-java
Dependencies
libsimple-http-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsimple-http-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
