How To Install pkg-js-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-js-tools
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pkg-js-tools
pkg-js-tools is:
The Debian JavaScript Maintainers work on packaging JavaScript libraries for Debian. This collection contains tools which help the tam with day-to-day work.
It provides debhelper files (set dh-sequence-nodejs into build dependencies) to automatically:
- read lerna.conf “packages” field if exists
- link or copy needed modules into node_modules/ directory
- automatically build package and components when build system is recognized
- launch test
- choose files to install
- build “Provides” value for package with components
- build pkgjs-lock.json files and “X-Javascript-Built-Using” value for packages built with webpack/browserify
- clean all its stuff during dh_auto_clean step
and some utilities:
- add-node-component: manage uscan components
- debcheck-node-repo: compares vcs repo registered in npm registry with the source repo declared in debian/watch
- dh-make-node: build debian/ directory in a source repository of a Node.js module
- github-debian-upstream: creates debian/upstream/metadata for GitHub source
- nodepath: show the path and/or the package of a Node.js module
- mjs2cjs: generate a commonjs file from a .mjs source (rollup, terser)
- pkgjs-audit: a “npm audit” that uses Debian dependencies (npm)
- pkgjs-depends: find needed dependencies for a Node.js module (npm, node-semver)
- pkgjs-ln: link a Debian dependency into node_modules/
- pkgjs-ls: a “npm ls” that search also in Debian directories (npm, node-semver)
- pkgjs-utils: various little utilities
and also:
- a salsa(1) configuration file for Debian JavaScript Maintainers
- “pkg-js-extra” profile for lintian
There are three methods to install pkg-js-tools
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 pkg-js-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-js-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pkg-js-tools
Install pkg-js-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pkg-js-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pkg-js-tools
Install pkg-js-tools 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 pkg-js-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pkg-js-tools
How To Uninstall pkg-js-tools on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pkg-js-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pkg-js-tools
Uninstall pkg-js-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pkg-js-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-js-tools
Remove pkg-js-tools Configurations and Data
To remove pkg-js-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-js-tools
Remove pkg-js-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pkg-js-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-js-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-js-tools
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.