How to Install and Uninstall libjs-swfobject Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "libjs-swfobject" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libjs-swfobject on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libjs-swfobject
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libjs-swfobject" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libjs-swfobject on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libjs-swfobject package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libjs-swfobject
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 51
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Christian Welzel
Architecture: all
Version: 2.2+dfsg-1
Filename: pool/universe/libj/libjs-swfobject/libjs-swfobject_2.2+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 8474
MD5sum: 754241570e03dd0c8d412d3b9e7590d1
SHA1: 7311838d0dba6e8f4ed7ebd3211bea4d2301173b
SHA256: b79199d8914d06d9661a1474697d1783a581067b7b3bbc679c62f066ddf5bf96
Description-en: tool to embed Flash content into webpages
SWFObject is an easy-to-use and standards-friendly method to embed Flash
content, which utilizes one small JavaScript file.
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* it offers two optimized Flash Player embed methods; a markup based
approach and a method that relies on JavaScript
* it offers a JavaScript API that aims to provide a complete tool set for
embedding SWF files and retrieving Flash Player related information
* it utilizes only one small JavaScript file (10Kb / GZIPed: 3.9Kb)
* it is the successor of SWFObject 1.5, UFO and the Adobe Flash Player
Detection Kit
* it intends to unify all existing Flash Player embed methods and provide a
new standard for embedding Adobe Flash Player content
Description-md5: d17288f75a36c8e1ef72a0324f7aa8ae
Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu