How To Install libjs-qtip2 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-qtip2 on Ubuntu 18.04. libjs-qtip2 is powerful tooltips library for the jQuery framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-qtip2 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libjs-qtip2

libjs-qtip2 is:

qTip is a tooltip plugin for the jQuery framework. Building 1.0’s user friendly, yet feature rich base, qTip2 provides you with tonnes of features like speech bubble tips and imagemap support.

There are three methods to install libjs-qtip2 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libjs-qtip2 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-qtip2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-qtip2

Install libjs-qtip2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-qtip2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjs-qtip2

Install libjs-qtip2 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 libjs-qtip2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-qtip2

How To Uninstall libjs-qtip2 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libjs-qtip2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-qtip2

Uninstall libjs-qtip2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-qtip2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-qtip2

Remove libjs-qtip2 Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-qtip2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-qtip2

Remove libjs-qtip2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjs-qtip2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-qtip2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-qtip2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.