How To Install node-isomorphic-fetch on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-isomorphic-fetch on Ubuntu 20.04. node-isomorphic-fetch is Isomorphic WHATWG Fetch API, for Node & Browserify

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-isomorphic-fetch on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is node-isomorphic-fetch

node-isomorphic-fetch is:

This adds fetch as a global so that its API is consistent between client and server.

This requires an ES6 Promise compatible polyfill, like es6-promise.

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

There are three methods to install node-isomorphic-fetch on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-isomorphic-fetch 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-isomorphic-fetch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-isomorphic-fetch

Install node-isomorphic-fetch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-isomorphic-fetch

Install node-isomorphic-fetch 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-isomorphic-fetch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-isomorphic-fetch

How To Uninstall node-isomorphic-fetch on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-isomorphic-fetch

Uninstall node-isomorphic-fetch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-isomorphic-fetch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-isomorphic-fetch

Remove node-isomorphic-fetch Configurations and Data

To remove node-isomorphic-fetch configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-isomorphic-fetch

Remove node-isomorphic-fetch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-isomorphic-fetch

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-isomorphic-fetch package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.