How To Install libhawtbuf-java on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023  (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

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

What is libhawtbuf-java

libhawtbuf-java is:

The HawtBuf library implements a simple interface with working with byte arrays. The JDK doesn’t come with a built in class that’s simply a byte[], int offset, int length class and providing a rich interface similar to what the String class does for char arrays. HawtBuf fills in that void by providing a Buffer class which does provide that rich interface.

HawtBuf also provides a Java protobuf code generator to make it easy to encode and decode objects to buffers and back.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install libhawtbuf-java

Install libhawtbuf-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libhawtbuf-java

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

sudo aptitude -y install libhawtbuf-java

How To Uninstall libhawtbuf-java on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove libhawtbuf-java

Uninstall libhawtbuf-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhawtbuf-java

Remove libhawtbuf-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libhawtbuf-java

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

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

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

Dependencies

libhawtbuf-java have the following dependencies:

References

• libhawtbuf-java website

Summary

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