How To Install libdisruptor-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdisruptor-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libdisruptor-java is Disruptor - High Performance Inter-Thread Messaging Library for Java

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdisruptor-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libdisruptor-java

libdisruptor-java is:

The disruptor is a high-throughput and low-latency concurrency framework. It is designed to maximize the efficiency of memory allocation, and operate in a cache-friendly manner so that it will perform optimally on modern hardware.

At the heart of the disruptor mechanism sits a pre-allocated bounded data structure in the form of a ring-buffer. Data is added to the ring buffer through one or more producers and processed by one or more consumers.

There are three methods to install libdisruptor-java on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libdisruptor-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 libdisruptor-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libdisruptor-java

Install libdisruptor-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libdisruptor-java

Install libdisruptor-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 libdisruptor-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libdisruptor-java

How To Uninstall libdisruptor-java on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libdisruptor-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libdisruptor-java

Uninstall libdisruptor-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libdisruptor-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libdisruptor-java

Remove libdisruptor-java Configurations and Data

To remove libdisruptor-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libdisruptor-java

Remove libdisruptor-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libdisruptor-java

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libdisruptor-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.