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

Install the package libmozjs-24-bin. It contains the Spidermonkey JavaScript shell binary /usr/bin/js24 which you can the be installed as an alternative for the command js.

sudo apt-get install libmozjs-24-bin
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/js js /usr/bin/js24 10