How To Install libjs-swfobject on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-swfobject
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-swfobject
libjs-swfobject is:
SWFObject is an easy-to-use and standards-friendly method to embed Flash content, which utilizes one small JavaScript file.
- it offers two optimized Flash Player embed methods; a markup based approach and a method that relies on JavaScript
- it offers a JavaScript API that aims to provide a complete tool set for embedding SWF files and retrieving Flash Player related information
- it utilizes only one small JavaScript file (10Kb / GZIPed: 3.9Kb)
- it is the successor of SWFObject 1.5, UFO and the Adobe Flash Player Detection Kit
- it intends to unify all existing Flash Player embed methods and provide a new standard for embedding Adobe Flash Player content
There are three methods to install libjs-swfobject
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-swfobject 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-swfobject
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-swfobject
Install libjs-swfobject Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-swfobject
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-swfobject
Install libjs-swfobject 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-swfobject
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-swfobject
How To Uninstall libjs-swfobject on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-swfobject
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-swfobject
Uninstall libjs-swfobject And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-swfobject
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-swfobject
Remove libjs-swfobject Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-swfobject
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-swfobject
Remove libjs-swfobject configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-swfobject
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-swfobject
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-swfobject
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.