How To Install node-fresh on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fresh on Ubuntu 22.04. node-fresh is Check client cache staleness using HTTP headers - Node.js module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fresh on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is node-fresh

node-fresh is:

This module checks HTTP If-Modified-Since, If-None-Match, Cache-Control request headers, as well as Last-Modified, Etag response headers to determine if the client requesting the resource has a stale or fresh cache.

Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.

There are three methods to install node-fresh on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-fresh 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-fresh using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-fresh

Install node-fresh Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-fresh using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-fresh

Install node-fresh 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-fresh using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-fresh

How To Uninstall node-fresh on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the node-fresh package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-fresh

Uninstall node-fresh And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-fresh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-fresh

Remove node-fresh Configurations and Data

To remove node-fresh configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-fresh

Remove node-fresh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-fresh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-fresh

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fresh package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.