How To Install node-sphericalmercator on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sphericalmercator on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-sphericalmercator
node-sphericalmercator is:
node-sphericalmercator provides NodeJS applications dealing with geography with the Spherical Mercator projection.
There are three methods to install node-sphericalmercator 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-sphericalmercator 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-sphericalmercator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-sphericalmercator
Install node-sphericalmercator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-sphericalmercator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-sphericalmercator
Install node-sphericalmercator 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-sphericalmercator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-sphericalmercator
How To Uninstall node-sphericalmercator on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-sphericalmercator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-sphericalmercator
Uninstall node-sphericalmercator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-sphericalmercator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sphericalmercator
Remove node-sphericalmercator Configurations and Data
To remove node-sphericalmercator configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-sphericalmercator
Remove node-sphericalmercator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-sphericalmercator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sphericalmercator
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sphericalmercator package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
