How To Install libjs-excanvas on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-excanvas on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-excanvas
libjs-excanvas is:
Modern browsers like Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera support the HTML5 canvas tag to allow 2D command-based drawing. ExplorerCanvas brings the same functionality to Internet Explorer. To use, web developers only need to include a single script tag in their existing web pages.
There are three methods to install libjs-excanvas on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjs-excanvas 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-excanvas using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-excanvas
Install libjs-excanvas Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-excanvas using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-excanvas
Install libjs-excanvas 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 libjs-excanvas using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-excanvas
How To Uninstall libjs-excanvas on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-excanvas package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-excanvas
Uninstall libjs-excanvas And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-excanvas and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-excanvas
Remove libjs-excanvas Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-excanvas configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-excanvas
Remove libjs-excanvas configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-excanvas configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-excanvas
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-excanvas package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
