How To Install ckeditor 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 ckeditor on Ubuntu.
What is ckeditor
ckeditor is:
CKEditor is a WYSIWYG editor which can be embedded into web pages. WYSIWYG means that the text being edited looks as similar as possible to the results users have when publishing it.
It brings to the web common editing features found on desktop editing applications like Microsoft Word and OpenOffice.
There are three methods to install ckeditor 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 ckeditor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ckeditor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ckeditor
Install ckeditor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ckeditor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ckeditor
Install ckeditor 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 ckeditor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ckeditor
How To Uninstall ckeditor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ckeditor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ckeditor
Uninstall ckeditor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ckeditor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ckeditor
Remove ckeditor Configurations and Data
To remove ckeditor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ckeditor
Remove ckeditor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ckeditor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ckeditor
Dependencies
ckeditor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ckeditor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.