How To Install libcjs0 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 libcjs0 on Ubuntu.

What is libcjs0

libcjs0 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 shared library, used by cjs itself, and cinnamon.

There are three methods to install libcjs0 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 libcjs0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcjs0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcjs0

Install libcjs0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcjs0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcjs0

Install libcjs0 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 libcjs0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcjs0

How To Uninstall libcjs0 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libcjs0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcjs0

Uninstall libcjs0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcjs0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcjs0

Remove libcjs0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcjs0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcjs0

Remove libcjs0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcjs0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcjs0

Dependencies

libcjs0 have the following dependencies:

• gir1.2-gtk-3.0
• libc6
• libcairo-gobject2
• libcairo2
• libffi8
• libgcc-s1
• libgirepository-1.0-1
• libgirepository-1.0-1-with-libffi8
• libglib2.0-0
• libmozjs-78-0
• libreadline8
• libstdc++6
• libx11-6

References

• libcjs0 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcjs0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.