How To Install libhawtdispatch-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhawtdispatch-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libhawtdispatch-java is libdispatch style API for Java and Scala

Introduction

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

What is libhawtdispatch-java

libhawtdispatch-java is:

HawtDispatch is a small thread pooling and NIO handling framework API modeled after the libdispatch API. libdispatch is the API that Apple created to power the Grand Central Dispatch (GCD) technology in OS X. It allows one to more easily develop multi-threaded applications which can more easily scale to take advantage of all the processing cores on a machine. At the same time, it’s development model simplifies solving many of the problems that plague multi-threaded NIO development.

There are three methods to install libhawtdispatch-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 libhawtdispatch-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 libhawtdispatch-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhawtdispatch-java

Install libhawtdispatch-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhawtdispatch-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhawtdispatch-java

How To Uninstall libhawtdispatch-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libhawtdispatch-java

Uninstall libhawtdispatch-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawtdispatch-java

Remove libhawtdispatch-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhawtdispatch-java

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

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

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

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Summary

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