How To Install libjs-textarea-caret on Ubuntu 22.04

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-textarea-caret on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libjs-textarea-caret

libjs-textarea-caret is:

Javascript library which finds the top and left coordinates of the caret in a or <input type="text">, in pixels. Useful for textarea autocompletes like GitHub or Twitter, or for single-line autocompletes like the name drop-down in Twitter or Facebook’s search or the company dropdown on Google Finance.</p> </blockquote> <p>Features include:</p> <ul> <li>supports <textarea>s and <input type="text"> elements</li> <li>pixel precision with any combination of paddings, margins, borders, heights vs. line-heights etc.</li> <li>keyboard, mouse support and touch support</li> <li>no dependencies whatsoever</li> <li>browser compatibility: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, IE9+</li> <li>supports any font family and size, as well as text-transforms</li> <li>not confused by horizontal or vertical scrollbars in the textarea</li> <li>supports hard returns, tabs (except on IE) and consecutive spaces in the text</li> <li>correct position on lines longer than the columns in the text area</li> <li>no problem getting the correct position when the input text is scrolled (i.e. the first visible character is no longer the first in the text)</li> <li>no “ghost” position in the empty space at the end of a line when wrapping long words in a <textarea></li> <li>RTL (right-to-left) support</li> </ul> <p>There are three methods to install <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use <code>apt-get</code>, <code>apt</code> and <code>aptitude</code>. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.</p> <h2 id="install-libjs-textarea-caret-using-apt-get">Install libjs-textarea-caret Using apt-get</h2> <p>Update apt database with <code>apt-get</code> using the following command.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get update </span></span></code></pre></div><p>After updating apt database, We can install <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> using <code>apt-get</code> by running the following command:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get -y install libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="install-libjs-textarea-caret-using-apt">Install libjs-textarea-caret Using apt</h2> <p>Update apt database with <code>apt</code> using the following command.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt update </span></span></code></pre></div><p>After updating apt database, We can install <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> using <code>apt</code> by running the following command:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt -y install libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="install-libjs-textarea-caret-using-aptitude">Install libjs-textarea-caret Using aptitude</h2> <p>If you want to follow this method, you might need to install <a href="https://installati.one/install-aptitude-ubuntu-22-04/">aptitude</a> first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with <code>aptitude</code> using the following command.</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo aptitude update </span></span></code></pre></div><p>After updating apt database, We can install <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> using <code>aptitude</code> by running the following command:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo aptitude -y install libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="how-to-uninstall-libjs-textarea-caret-on-ubuntu-2204">How To Uninstall libjs-textarea-caret on Ubuntu 22.04</h2> <p>To uninstall only the <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> package we can use the following command:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get remove libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="uninstall-libjs-textarea-caret-and-its-dependencies">Uninstall libjs-textarea-caret And Its Dependencies</h3> <p>To uninstall <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="remove-libjs-textarea-caret-configurations-and-data">Remove libjs-textarea-caret Configurations and Data</h3> <p>To remove <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h3 id="remove-libjs-textarea-caret-configuration-data-and-all-of-its-dependencies">Remove libjs-textarea-caret configuration, data, and all of its dependencies</h3> <p>We can use the following command to remove <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:</p> <div class="highlight"><pre tabindex="0" class="chroma"><code class="language-bash" data-lang="bash"><span class="line"><span class="cl">sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-textarea-caret </span></span></code></pre></div><h2 id="references">References</h2> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/component/textarea-caret-position">libjs-textarea-caret website</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/libjs-textarea-caret">libjs-textarea-caret on packages.ubuntu.com</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>In this tutorial we learn how to install <code>libjs-textarea-caret</code> package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: <code>apt</code>, <code>apt-get</code> and <code>aptitude</code>.</p> </div> </main> </div> </div> <footer class="td-footer row d-print-none"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row mx-md-2"> <div class="col-6 col-sm-4 text-xs-center order-sm-2"> </div> <div class="col-6 col-sm-4 text-end text-xs-center order-sm-3"> </div> <div class="td-footer__copyright-etc col-12 col-sm-4 text-center py-2 order-sm-2"> <span>© 2023 installati.one All Rights Reserved</span> <p class="td-footer__about mt-2"><a href="/about/">About Installati.one</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <script src="/js/main.min.024ef8e0d5d280e7d98bc863a40191d400c916a4b3bb7e4d407382ca442b6b0a.js" integrity="sha256-Ak744NXSgOfZi8hjpAGR1ADJFqSzu35NQHOCykQrawo=" crossorigin="anonymous"></script> <script src='/js/prism.js'></script> <script src='/js/tabpane-persist.js'></script> </body> </html>