How To Install node-webidl-conversions on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webidl-conversions on Ubuntu 20.04. node-webidl-conversions is web IDL type conversions on JavaScript values - Node.js library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webidl-conversions on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is node-webidl-conversions

node-webidl-conversions is:

Webidl-conversions implements, in JavaScript, the algorithms to convert a given JavaScript value according to a given Web IDL type.

Web IDL is an interface description language (IDL) format for describing application programming interfaces (APIs) that are intended to be implemented in web browsers.

This package provides webidl-conversions usable with Node.js - an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-webidl-conversions 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-webidl-conversions 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-webidl-conversions using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-webidl-conversions

Install node-webidl-conversions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-webidl-conversions using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-webidl-conversions

Install node-webidl-conversions 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-webidl-conversions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-webidl-conversions

How To Uninstall node-webidl-conversions on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the node-webidl-conversions package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-webidl-conversions

Uninstall node-webidl-conversions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-webidl-conversions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-webidl-conversions

Remove node-webidl-conversions Configurations and Data

To remove node-webidl-conversions configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-webidl-conversions

Remove node-webidl-conversions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-webidl-conversions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-webidl-conversions

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webidl-conversions package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.