How to Install and Uninstall xjobs Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "xjobs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install xjobs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xjobs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xjobs" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall xjobs on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                xjobs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xjobs package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: xjobs
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 91
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Thierry Randrianiriana
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20120412-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/x/xjobs/xjobs_20120412-1_amd64.deb
Size: 27084
MD5sum: b285648c980bd0c8d0df6ac8cdcc7c97
SHA1: 800033371e82033772c5601b488bc29a57712cf7
SHA256: 07bb377af043217deee44c0f363b1266ea0e700f91a3d8df0030975a1d27ed3b
Description-en: reads job description line by line and executes them in parallel
xjobs reads job descriptions line by line and executes them in parallel. It
limits the number of parallel executing jobs and starts new jobs when jobs
finish. Therefore, it combines the arguments from every input line with the
utility and arguments given on the command line. If no utility is given as an
argument to xjobs, then the first argument on every job line will be used as
utility. To execute utility xjobs searches the directories given in the PATH
environment variable and uses the first file found in these directories.
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xjobs is most useful on multi-processor/core machines when one needs to execute
several time consuming command several that could possibly be run in parallel.
With xjobs this can be achieved easily, and it is possible to limit the load
of the machine to a useful value. It works similar to xargs, but starts several
processes simultaneously and gives only one line of arguments to each utility
call.
Description-md5: 429be280b4070f74e51eb1a705e76510
Homepage: http://www.maier-komor.de/xjobs.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu