How To Install gjs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gjs
gjs 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 the interactive console application. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: gjs Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: interpreters Installed-Size: 85 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.64.3-1~ubuntu20.04.1 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgjs0g (>= 1.63.90), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58.0), gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Breaks: gnome-characters (« 3.25.92), gnome-documents (« 3.30.0), gnome-maps (« 3.26.1), gnome-shell (« 3.29.90), gnome-sound-recorder (« 3.28.1-3~), gnome-weather (« 3.25.91), ostree-tests (« 2017.11-1~), polari (« 3.29.91) 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 the interactive console application. Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gjs/wikis Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected]
Package: gjs Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.64.1-2ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: interpreters Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 83 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgjs0g (>= 1.63.90), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.58.0), gir1.2-gtk-3.0 Breaks: gnome-characters (« 3.25.92), gnome-documents (« 3.30.0), gnome-maps (« 3.26.1), gnome-shell (« 3.29.90), gnome-sound-recorder (« 3.28.1-3~), gnome-weather (« 3.25.91), ostree-tests (« 2017.11-1~), polari (« 3.29.91) Filename: pool/main/g/gjs/gjs_1.64.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 42724 MD5sum: f626da7990c1c6d4b3bcd255d31e4281 SHA1: 4f08cce2c9357320b50590e14f47194f3a408769 SHA256: eea1aea45ce2516e680a96567921062f8ef1f11c3fd8ed20e19df64cb46c9ec2 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 the interactive console application. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gjs 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gjs
Install gjs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gjs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gjs
Install gjs 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gjs
How To Uninstall gjs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gjs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gjs
Uninstall gjs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gjs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gjs
Remove gjs Configurations and Data
To remove gjs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gjs
Remove gjs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gjs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gjs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gjs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
