How To Install libjs-yui3-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-yui3-common on Ubuntu 18.04. libjs-yui3-common is Yahoo User Interface Library v3 (common files)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-yui3-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libjs-yui3-common

libjs-yui3-common is:

A collection of JavaScript and CSS resources that make it easier to build richly interactive applications in web browsers. The library currently includes:

  • utility classes for animation, browser history, AJAX, cookies, caching drag and drop. safe cross-site data retrieval, dynamic script/css loading, image loading, selectors, JSON, internationalization, DOM and browser events, and more.
  • many user interface widgets.
  • Cascading stylesheets for browser-independent grids and fonts.

This package contains images, css files and other assets which are used by the min, debug, and full packages.

There are three methods to install libjs-yui3-common 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-yui3-common 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-yui3-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-yui3-common

Install libjs-yui3-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libjs-yui3-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libjs-yui3-common

Install libjs-yui3-common 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-yui3-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-yui3-common

How To Uninstall libjs-yui3-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libjs-yui3-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-yui3-common

Uninstall libjs-yui3-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libjs-yui3-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-yui3-common

Remove libjs-yui3-common Configurations and Data

To remove libjs-yui3-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-yui3-common

Remove libjs-yui3-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libjs-yui3-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-yui3-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-yui3-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.