How To Install libjs-chartjs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-chartjs on Debian 9. libjs-chartjs is Simple HTML5 Charts using the canvas element

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-chartjs on Debian 9.

What is libjs-chartjs

libjs-chartjs is:

It supports line charts, bar charts, radar charts, polar area charts, pie & doughnut charts.

Everything you need to know to build great looking charts using Chart.js is available at http://www.chartjs.org/docs/

There are three methods to install libjs-chartjs on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjs-chartjs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-chartjs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-chartjs

Install libjs-chartjs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-chartjs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjs-chartjs

Install libjs-chartjs 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-chartjs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-chartjs

How To Uninstall libjs-chartjs on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libjs-chartjs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-chartjs

Uninstall libjs-chartjs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-chartjs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-chartjs

Remove libjs-chartjs Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-chartjs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-chartjs

Remove libjs-chartjs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjs-chartjs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-chartjs

Dependencies

libjs-chartjs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-chartjs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.