How To Install gjs-tests on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjs-tests on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gjs-tests
gjs-tests is:
Makes it possible for applications to use all of GNOME’s platform libraries using the JavaScript language. It’s mainly based on the Mozilla JavaScript engine and the GObject introspection framework.
This package contains test programs, designed to be run as part of a regression testsuite.
Package: gjs-tests Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.64.1-2ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/interpreters Source: gjs Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 977 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.2.4), libgirepository-1.0-1 (>= 1.64), libgjs0g (>= 1.63.90), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58.0), dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, gjs, at-spi2-core Filename: pool/universe/g/gjs/gjs-tests_1.64.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 162264 MD5sum: 8b5884b02b790d35b6c52c7f0f34fc62 SHA1: 412dbc1f1a1753662da7ccc08a95dc86c59738de SHA256: d609a2e0f672055900c4bfba01d6ee9db88fdaae8e42c06d2d34b7d896b50817 Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/wikis Description-en: Mozilla-based javascript bindings for the GNOME platform Makes it possible for applications to use all of GNOME’s platform libraries using the JavaScript language. It’s mainly based on the Mozilla JavaScript engine and the GObject introspection framework.
This package contains test programs, designed to be run as part of a regression testsuite.
There are three methods to install gjs-tests on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gjs-tests Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gjs-tests using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gjs-tests
Install gjs-tests Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gjs-tests using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gjs-tests
Install gjs-tests 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 gjs-tests using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gjs-tests
How To Uninstall gjs-tests on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gjs-tests package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gjs-tests
Uninstall gjs-tests And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gjs-tests and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gjs-tests
Remove gjs-tests Configurations and Data
To remove gjs-tests configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gjs-tests
Remove gjs-tests configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gjs-tests configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gjs-tests
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjs-tests package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.