How To Install libjs-less on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-less on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-less
libjs-less is:
LESS is a meta-language on top of CSS that’s used to describe the style of a document cleanly and structurally, with more power than flat CSS allows. LESS both provides a simpler, more elegant syntax for CSS and implements various features that are useful for creating manageable stylesheets.
less.js is the reference implementation of LESS, written in JavaScript.
This package contains the less.js library usable for dynamic parsing of LESS in a web browser.
There are three methods to install libjs-less 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-less 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-less using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-less
Install libjs-less Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-less using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-less
Install libjs-less 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-less using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-less
How To Uninstall libjs-less on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-less package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-less
Uninstall libjs-less And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-less and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-less
Remove libjs-less Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-less configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-less
Remove libjs-less configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-less configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-less
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-less package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
