How To Install libjs-protoaculous on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-protoaculous on Kali Linux.

What is libjs-protoaculous

libjs-protoaculous is:

Provides a packed and compressed version of the prototype and scriptaculous javascript libraries. This is used in many webapps, and the primary advantage is that it is faster than the separate prototype/scriptaculous solution.

There are three methods to install libjs-protoaculous on Kali Linux. 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-protoaculous 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-protoaculous using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-protoaculous

Install libjs-protoaculous Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-protoaculous

Install libjs-protoaculous Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-protoaculous

How To Uninstall libjs-protoaculous on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjs-protoaculous

Uninstall libjs-protoaculous And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-protoaculous and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-protoaculous

Remove libjs-protoaculous Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-protoaculous configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-protoaculous

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjs-protoaculous have the following dependencies:

• yui-compressor
• libjs-scriptaculous
• libjs-prototype
• patch

References

• libjs-protoaculous website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-protoaculous package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.