How To Install cjs on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cjs on Ubuntu.
What is cjs
cjs is:
Makes it possible for applications to use all of Cinnamon’s platform libraries using the Javascript language. It’s mainly based on the Mozilla javascript engine and the GObject introspection framework.
This package is the frozen version of gjs that the cinnamon desktop currently uses.
This package contains the interactive console application.
There are three methods to install cjs on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install cjs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cjs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cjs
Install cjs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cjs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cjs
Install cjs 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 cjs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cjs
How To Uninstall cjs on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the cjs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cjs
Uninstall cjs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cjs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cjs
Remove cjs Configurations and Data
To remove cjs configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cjs
Remove cjs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cjs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cjs
Dependencies
cjs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cjs package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.