How To Install iotjs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iotjs
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is iotjs
iotjs is:
Inter-operable service platform in the world of IoT, based on web technology. The target of IoT.js is to run in resource constrained devices such as only few kilobytes of RAM available device.
There are three methods to install iotjs
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 iotjs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iotjs
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iotjs
Install iotjs Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iotjs
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iotjs
Install iotjs 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 iotjs
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iotjs
How To Uninstall iotjs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the iotjs
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iotjs
Uninstall iotjs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iotjs
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iotjs
Remove iotjs Configurations and Data
To remove iotjs
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iotjs
Remove iotjs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iotjs
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iotjs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iotjs
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.