How To Install libgjs-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgjs-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libgjs-dev
libgjs-dev 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 development files applications need to build against.
Package: libgjs-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.64.1-2ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: libdevel 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: 59 Depends: gjs, libgjs0g (= 1.64.1-2ubuntu1), libgirepository1.0-dev (>= 1.64), libcairo2-dev, libmozjs-68-dev Filename: pool/main/g/gjs/libgjs-dev_1.64.1-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 8436 MD5sum: b2ee47770c4e2479bfa9b4e7f1d45e44 SHA1: 3a4384d444b7739f74db2c9b4d748b75283d8e68 SHA256: f952fedf95b9ed48eca9dc8784a32d29451446f58e36876acb52560fc189699a 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 development files applications need to build against.
There are three methods to install libgjs-dev
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 libgjs-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgjs-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgjs-dev
Install libgjs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgjs-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgjs-dev
Install libgjs-dev 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 libgjs-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgjs-dev
How To Uninstall libgjs-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libgjs-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgjs-dev
Uninstall libgjs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgjs-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgjs-dev
Remove libgjs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgjs-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgjs-dev
Remove libgjs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgjs-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgjs-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgjs-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.