How To Install libjs-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libjs-hooker
libjs-hooker is:
This is the javascript library of hooker Node.js module.
Hooker is a monkey-patch (hook) functions for debugging and stuff.
Hooker provides 4 functions that include ‘hook’ and ‘unhook’, useful for debug an object call, as well as an ‘override’ function if you want to replace the return of a function.
There are three methods to install libjs-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libjs-hooker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-hooker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjs-hooker
Install libjs-hooker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjs-hooker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjs-hooker
Install libjs-hooker 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 libjs-hooker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjs-hooker
How To Uninstall libjs-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libjs-hooker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjs-hooker
Uninstall libjs-hooker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjs-hooker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-hooker
Remove libjs-hooker Configurations and Data
To remove libjs-hooker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-hooker
Remove libjs-hooker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjs-hooker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-hooker
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-hooker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
