How To Install libmpj-java on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmpj-java on Debian 9.

What is libmpj-java

libmpj-java is:

MPJ Express is a Java message passing library that allows application developers to write and execute parallel applications for multicore processors and compute clusters/clouds.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmpj-java

Install libmpj-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmpj-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmpj-java

How To Uninstall libmpj-java on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove libmpj-java

Uninstall libmpj-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmpj-java

Remove libmpj-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmpj-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmpj-java have the following dependencies:

• libcommons-cli-java
• libcommons-codec-java
• libcommons-io-java
• liblog4j1.2-java

References

• libmpj-java website

Summary

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