How To Install node-encoding on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-encoding on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-encoding
node-encoding is:
encoding is a simple wrapper around node-iconv (https://github.com/bnoordhuis/node-iconv) and iconv-lite (https://github.com/ashtuchkin/iconv-lite/) to convert strings from one encoding to another. If node-iconv is not available for some reason, iconv-lite will be used instead of it as a fallback.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-encoding 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 node-encoding Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-encoding using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-encoding
Install node-encoding Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-encoding using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-encoding
Install node-encoding 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 node-encoding using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-encoding
How To Uninstall node-encoding on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-encoding package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-encoding
Uninstall node-encoding And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-encoding and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-encoding
Remove node-encoding Configurations and Data
To remove node-encoding configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-encoding
Remove node-encoding configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-encoding configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-encoding
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-encoding package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
