Best way to get spidermonkey js on Ubuntu?

Question

I need to install the Spidermonkey JS engine on my work machine. The project I\'m working on has a jslint script that requires Spidermonkey or a similar js binary. I\'ve tri

Answer 1

You can build from source, but spider monkey is still available on ubuntu, it's just been renamed to "libmozjs". Install "libmozjs-24-bin" and then either refer to it as "js24" or symlink /usr/bin/js24 to "js", like so:

sudo apt-get install libmozjs-24-bin; sudo ln -sf /usr/bin/js24 /usr/bin/js