How To Install libjs-es5-shim on Debian 10

Learn how to install libjs-es5-shim on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libjs-es5-shim is ECMAScript 5 compatibility shims for old JavaScript engines (library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-es5-shim on Debian 10.

What is libjs-es5-shim

libjs-es5-shim is:

The es5-shim library monkey-patches a JavaScript context to contain all ECMAScript 5 methods that can be faithfully emulated with a legacy JavaScript engine.

The es5-sham part tries to complete the picture as best as possible, but for those methods the result is not as close and mostly intends to avoid runtime errors : in many cases it might just silently fail.

There are three methods to install libjs-es5-shim on Debian 10. 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-es5-shim 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-es5-shim using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-es5-shim

Install libjs-es5-shim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-es5-shim using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjs-es5-shim

Install libjs-es5-shim 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-es5-shim using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-es5-shim

How To Uninstall libjs-es5-shim on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libjs-es5-shim package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-es5-shim

Uninstall libjs-es5-shim And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-es5-shim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-es5-shim

Remove libjs-es5-shim Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-es5-shim configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-es5-shim

Remove libjs-es5-shim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjs-es5-shim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-es5-shim

Dependencies

libjs-es5-shim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-es5-shim package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.