How To Install uglifyjs.terser on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uglifyjs.terser on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is uglifyjs.terser
uglifyjs.terser is:
Terser is a parser, mangler, optimizer and beautifier toolkit for ECMAScript 2015 and newer (ES6+).
terser is a fork of uglify-es that retains API and CLI compatibility with uglify-es (Debian packages node-uglify-js, libjs-uglify-js, and uglifyjs).
ECMAScript 2015 (ES2015) a.k.a. ECMAScript 6 (ES6) is the 6th formal definition of JavaScript - a high-level, interpreted programming language most notably used in web browsers and in Node.js.
This package provides command-line tool uglifyjs.terser.
There are three methods to install uglifyjs.terser 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 uglifyjs.terser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uglifyjs.terser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uglifyjs.terser
Install uglifyjs.terser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uglifyjs.terser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uglifyjs.terser
Install uglifyjs.terser 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 uglifyjs.terser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uglifyjs.terser
How To Uninstall uglifyjs.terser on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the uglifyjs.terser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uglifyjs.terser
Uninstall uglifyjs.terser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uglifyjs.terser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uglifyjs.terser
Remove uglifyjs.terser Configurations and Data
To remove uglifyjs.terser configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uglifyjs.terser
Remove uglifyjs.terser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uglifyjs.terser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uglifyjs.terser
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uglifyjs.terser package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.