How To Install libjs-validator on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-validator on Debian 9.
What is libjs-validator
libjs-validator is:
This library provides various Javascript string validation utilities. For example, check whether a given string is a valid email or URL, or valid JSON. There are also routines to sanitize strings, e.g. trim whitespace or convert to different types.
This package contains the version for web browsers.
There are three methods to install libjs-validator on Debian 9. 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-validator 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-validator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-validator
Install libjs-validator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-validator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-validator
Install libjs-validator 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-validator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-validator
How To Uninstall libjs-validator on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libjs-validator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-validator
Uninstall libjs-validator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-validator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-validator
Remove libjs-validator Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-validator configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-validator
Remove libjs-validator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-validator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-validator
Dependencies
libjs-validator have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-validator package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.