How To Install libjs-highlight on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-highlight on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-highlight
libjs-highlight is:
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the libjs-highlight.js package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install libjs-highlight 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-highlight 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-highlight using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-highlight
Install libjs-highlight Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-highlight using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-highlight
Install libjs-highlight 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-highlight using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-highlight
How To Uninstall libjs-highlight on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-highlight package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-highlight
Uninstall libjs-highlight And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-highlight and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-highlight
Remove libjs-highlight Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-highlight configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-highlight
Remove libjs-highlight configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-highlight configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-highlight
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-highlight package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
