How To Install node-prompts on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-prompts
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-prompts
node-prompts is:
prompts permits one to easy use cli prompts to enquire users for information:
- User friendly: prompt uses layout and colors to create beautiful cli interfaces.
- Promised: uses promises and
async
/await
. No callback hell. - Flexible: all prompts are independent and can be used on their own.
- Testable: provides a way to submit answers programmatically.
- Unified: consistent experience across all prompts.
There are three methods to install node-prompts
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-prompts 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-prompts
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-prompts
Install node-prompts Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-prompts
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-prompts
Install node-prompts 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-prompts
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-prompts
How To Uninstall node-prompts on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-prompts
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-prompts
Uninstall node-prompts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-prompts
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-prompts
Remove node-prompts Configurations and Data
To remove node-prompts
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-prompts
Remove node-prompts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-prompts
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-prompts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-prompts
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.