How To Install node-postcss on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-postcss on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-postcss
node-postcss is:
These plugins can lint your CSS, support variables and mixins, transpile future CSS syntax, inline images, and more.
PostCSS is used by industry leaders including Wikipedia, Twitter, Alibaba, and JetBrains. The [Autoprefixer] PostCSS plugin is one of the most popular CSS processors.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-postcss 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-postcss 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-postcss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-postcss
Install node-postcss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-postcss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-postcss
Install node-postcss 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-postcss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-postcss
How To Uninstall node-postcss on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-postcss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-postcss
Uninstall node-postcss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-postcss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-postcss
Remove node-postcss Configurations and Data
To remove node-postcss configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-postcss
Remove node-postcss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-postcss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-postcss
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-postcss package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
