How To Install node-public-encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-public-encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-public-encrypt
node-public-encrypt is:
This library provides publicEncrypt/privateDecrypt functions for browserify.
This library is a dependency for webpack. Webpack takes code targeted at node.js and makes it run in the browser. Node.js comes with API of its own that is not available in the browsers. Webpack exposes this code to programs that are unaware they are running in a browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-public-encrypt 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-public-encrypt 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-public-encrypt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-public-encrypt
Install node-public-encrypt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-public-encrypt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-public-encrypt
Install node-public-encrypt 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-public-encrypt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-public-encrypt
How To Uninstall node-public-encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-public-encrypt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-public-encrypt
Uninstall node-public-encrypt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-public-encrypt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-public-encrypt
Remove node-public-encrypt Configurations and Data
To remove node-public-encrypt configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-public-encrypt
Remove node-public-encrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-public-encrypt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-public-encrypt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-public-encrypt package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
