How To Install libmozjs-68-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmozjs-68-0
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmozjs-68-0
libmozjs-68-0 is:
SpiderMonkey is the code-name for Mozilla Firefox’s C++ implementation of JavaScript. It is intended to be embedded in other applications that provide host environments for JavaScript. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libmozjs-68-0
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmozjs-68-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmozjs-68-0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmozjs-68-0
Install libmozjs-68-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmozjs-68-0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmozjs-68-0
Install libmozjs-68-0 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 libmozjs-68-0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmozjs-68-0
How To Uninstall libmozjs-68-0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmozjs-68-0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmozjs-68-0
Uninstall libmozjs-68-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmozjs-68-0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmozjs-68-0
Remove libmozjs-68-0 Configurations and Data
To remove libmozjs-68-0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmozjs-68-0
Remove libmozjs-68-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmozjs-68-0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmozjs-68-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmozjs-68-0
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.