How To Install libundertow-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libundertow-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libundertow-java is flexible performant web server written in Java

Introduction

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

What is libundertow-java

libundertow-java is:

Undertow is a flexible performant web server written in Java, providing both blocking and non-blocking APIs based on NIO.

Undertow has a composition based architecture that allows you to build a web server by combining small single purpose handlers. This gives you the flexibility to choose between a full Java EE servlet 3.1 container, or a low level non-blocking handler, to anything in between.

Undertow is designed to be fully embeddable, with easy to use fluent builder APIs. Undertow’s lifecycle is completely controlled by the embedding application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libundertow-java

Install libundertow-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libundertow-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libundertow-java

How To Uninstall libundertow-java on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libundertow-java

Uninstall libundertow-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libundertow-java

Remove libundertow-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libundertow-java

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

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

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

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Summary

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