How To Install s5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install s5 on Ubuntu 18.04. s5 is simple HTML-based presentation system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install s5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is s5

s5 is:

S5 is a slide show format based entirely on XHTML, CSS, and JavaScript. With one file, you can run a complete slide show and have a printer-friendly version as well. The markup used for the slides is very simple, highly semantic, and completely accessible. Anyone with even a smidgen of familiarity with HTML or XHTML can look at the markup and figure out how to adapt it to their particular needs. Anyone familiar with CSS can create their own slide show theme. It’s totally simple, and it’s totally standards-driven.

The name S5 stands for “Simple Standards-Based Slide Show System”.

There are three methods to install s5 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 s5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install s5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install s5

Install s5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install s5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install s5

Install s5 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 s5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install s5

How To Uninstall s5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the s5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove s5

Uninstall s5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall s5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove s5

Remove s5 Configurations and Data

To remove s5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge s5

Remove s5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove s5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge s5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install s5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.