How To Install libjs-sprintf-js on Debian 12

Learn how to install libjs-sprintf-js on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libjs-sprintf-js is JavaScript sprintf implementation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-sprintf-js on Debian 12.

What is libjs-sprintf-js

libjs-sprintf-js is:

This package is a javascript implementation of C sprintf (3). This function composes a string with the same text that would be printed if format was used on printf, but instead of being printed, the content is stored as a string in the buffer pointed by a str argument.

This package include the minified javascript files that could be used in browser context.

There are three methods to install libjs-sprintf-js on Debian 12. 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-sprintf-js 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-sprintf-js using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-sprintf-js

Install libjs-sprintf-js Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-sprintf-js

Install libjs-sprintf-js 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-sprintf-js using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-sprintf-js

How To Uninstall libjs-sprintf-js on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libjs-sprintf-js

Uninstall libjs-sprintf-js And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-sprintf-js and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-sprintf-js

Remove libjs-sprintf-js Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-sprintf-js configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-sprintf-js

Remove libjs-sprintf-js configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-sprintf-js

Dependencies

libjs-sprintf-js have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-sprintf-js package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.