How To Install libseed-gtk4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libseed-gtk4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libseed-gtk4-dev is GObject JavaScript bindings for the webkit engine - Development

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libseed-gtk4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libseed-gtk4-dev

libseed-gtk4-dev is:

Seed is a library and interpreter, dynamically bridging (through GObjectIntrospection) the WebKit JavaScriptCore engine, with the GNOME platform. Seed serves as something which enables you to write standalone applications in JavaScript, or easily enable your application to be extensible in JavaScript.

This package contains the static libraries and development headers, needed to build programs using the Seed interpreter.

There are three methods to install libseed-gtk4-dev 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 libseed-gtk4-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libseed-gtk4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libseed-gtk4-dev

Install libseed-gtk4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libseed-gtk4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libseed-gtk4-dev

Install libseed-gtk4-dev 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 libseed-gtk4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libseed-gtk4-dev

How To Uninstall libseed-gtk4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libseed-gtk4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libseed-gtk4-dev

Uninstall libseed-gtk4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libseed-gtk4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libseed-gtk4-dev

Remove libseed-gtk4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libseed-gtk4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libseed-gtk4-dev

Remove libseed-gtk4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libseed-gtk4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libseed-gtk4-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libseed-gtk4-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.