How To Install node-uuid on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-uuid
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-uuid
node-uuid is:
uuid provides simple, fast generation of RFC4122 UUIDs.
- Support for version 1, 3, 4 and 5 UUIDs
- Cross-platform
- Uses cryptographically-strong random number APIs (when available)
- Small footprint
This package provides uuid usable with Node.js - an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-uuid
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-uuid 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-uuid
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-uuid
Install node-uuid Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-uuid
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-uuid
Install node-uuid 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-uuid
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-uuid
How To Uninstall node-uuid on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-uuid
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-uuid
Uninstall node-uuid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-uuid
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-uuid
Remove node-uuid Configurations and Data
To remove node-uuid
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-uuid
Remove node-uuid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-uuid
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-uuid
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-uuid
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.