How To Install node-yamlish on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-yamlish on Ubuntu 18.04. node-yamlish is Parser/encoder for the YAMLish format for Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-yamlish on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-yamlish

node-yamlish is:

This library parses the YAMLish format used to serialize objects in the TAP format. YAMLish is a small subset of YAML (originally that implemented by the Perl module YAML::Tiny), making it easy to implement in other languages.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-yamlish on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-yamlish 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-yamlish using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-yamlish

Install node-yamlish Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-yamlish

Install node-yamlish 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-yamlish using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-yamlish

How To Uninstall node-yamlish on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-yamlish

Uninstall node-yamlish And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-yamlish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-yamlish

Remove node-yamlish Configurations and Data

To remove node-yamlish configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-yamlish

Remove node-yamlish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-yamlish

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-yamlish package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.