How To Install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 is:
JavaScriptCore is the JavaScript engine used in WebKit. It consists of the following building blocks: lexer, parser, start-up interpreter (LLInt), baseline JIT, a low-latency optimizing JIT (DFG), and a high-throughput optimizing JIT (FTL).
This build comes from the GTK port of WebKit (API version 4.0).
This package contains the shared libraries. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.28.1-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: webkit2gtk Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian WebKit Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 22860 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1), libicu66 (>= 66.1-1~), libstdc++6 (>= 9) Filename: pool/main/w/webkit2gtk/libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18_2.28.1-1_amd64.deb Size: 5533800 MD5sum: 2fb4031f674e255cd95dd761cbe0749a SHA1: 067ad497f8d9c07ed8f7de02cdbd859cd068966e SHA256: d71b43b6d42cd26bfdbb101145418cfd11fe5a38d975733613f733ff1fafdf6d Homepage: https://webkitgtk.org/ Description-en: JavaScript engine library from WebKitGTK JavaScriptCore is the JavaScript engine used in WebKit. It consists of the following building blocks: lexer, parser, start-up interpreter (LLInt), baseline JIT, a low-latency optimizing JIT (DFG), and a high-throughput optimizing JIT (FTL).
This build comes from the GTK port of WebKit (API version 4.0).
This package contains the shared libraries. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 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 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
Install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
Install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 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 libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
How To Uninstall libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
Uninstall libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
Remove libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 Configurations and Data
To remove libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
Remove libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
