How To Install libjs-i18next on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-i18next on Ubuntu 18.04. libjs-i18next is easy way to translate a website on clientside

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-i18next on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libjs-i18next

libjs-i18next is:

i18next provides an easy way to translate a website on clientside:

  • fetch resources from server
  • fetch each resource file individually (static) or all once via dynamicRoute
  • apply translation to HTML tags with the data-i18n attribute
  • post missing key-value pairs to server (for easy development, just translate the new keys)
  • search for key en-US first, then in en, then in fallback language (or de-DE, de, fallback).

There are three methods to install libjs-i18next 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-i18next 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-i18next using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-i18next

Install libjs-i18next Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-i18next using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjs-i18next

Install libjs-i18next 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-i18next using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-i18next

How To Uninstall libjs-i18next on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libjs-i18next package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-i18next

Uninstall libjs-i18next And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-i18next and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-i18next

Remove libjs-i18next Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-i18next configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-i18next

Remove libjs-i18next configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjs-i18next configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-i18next

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-i18next package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.