How To Install yui-compressor 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 yui-compressor on Ubuntu.
What is yui-compressor
yui-compressor is:
The YUI Compressor is a JavaScript compressor which, in addition to removing comments and white-spaces, obfuscates local variables using the smallest possible variable name. This obfuscation is safe, even when using constructs such as ’eval’ or ‘with’ (although the compression is not optimal is those cases) Compared to jsmin, the average savings is around 20%.
The YUI Compressor is also able to safely compress CSS files. The decision on which compressor is being used is made on the file extension (js or css).
There are three methods to install yui-compressor 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 yui-compressor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yui-compressor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yui-compressor
Install yui-compressor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yui-compressor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yui-compressor
Install yui-compressor 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 yui-compressor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yui-compressor
How To Uninstall yui-compressor on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the yui-compressor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yui-compressor
Uninstall yui-compressor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yui-compressor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yui-compressor
Remove yui-compressor Configurations and Data
To remove yui-compressor configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yui-compressor
Remove yui-compressor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yui-compressor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yui-compressor
Dependencies
yui-compressor have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yui-compressor package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.