How To Install libjs-jquery-colorbox on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-jquery-colorbox
on Debian 9.
What is libjs-jquery-colorbox
libjs-jquery-colorbox is:
A lightweight customizable lightbox plugin for jQuery. It supports photos, photo groups, slideshow, Ajax, inline, and Iframed content.
Features:
- Lightweight: 10KB of JavaScript (less than 5KBs gzipped).
- Appearance is controlled through CSS so it can be restyled.
- Can be extended with callbacks & event-hooks without altering the source files.
- Completely unobtrusive, options are set in the JS and require no changes to existing HTML.
- Preloads upcoming images in a photo group.
- Well vetted. ColorBox is one of the top jQuery plugins.
There are three methods to install libjs-jquery-colorbox
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-jquery-colorbox 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-jquery-colorbox
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-jquery-colorbox
Install libjs-jquery-colorbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-jquery-colorbox
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-jquery-colorbox
Install libjs-jquery-colorbox 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-jquery-colorbox
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-jquery-colorbox
How To Uninstall libjs-jquery-colorbox on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libjs-jquery-colorbox
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-jquery-colorbox
Uninstall libjs-jquery-colorbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-jquery-colorbox
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-jquery-colorbox
Remove libjs-jquery-colorbox Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-jquery-colorbox
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-jquery-colorbox
Remove libjs-jquery-colorbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-jquery-colorbox
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-jquery-colorbox
Dependencies
libjs-jquery-colorbox have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-jquery-colorbox
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.