How To Install ckbuilder on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckbuilder on Ubuntu 22.04. ckbuilder is command line builder for CKEditor

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckbuilder on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ckbuilder

ckbuilder is:

CKBuilder builds CKEditor from its source code.

CKEditor is a WYSIWYG editor which can be embedded into web pages. WYSIWYG means that the text being edited looks as similar as possible to the results users have when publishing it.

There are three methods to install ckbuilder on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ckbuilder Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ckbuilder

Install ckbuilder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ckbuilder using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ckbuilder

Install ckbuilder 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 ckbuilder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ckbuilder

How To Uninstall ckbuilder on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the ckbuilder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ckbuilder

Uninstall ckbuilder And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ckbuilder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ckbuilder

Remove ckbuilder Configurations and Data

To remove ckbuilder configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ckbuilder

Remove ckbuilder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ckbuilder

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ckbuilder package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.