How To Install node-accepts on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-accepts on Ubuntu 18.04. node-accepts is higher-level content negotiation for Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-accepts

node-accepts is:

Higher level content negotiation based on negotiator.

In addition to negotatior, it allows:

  • Allows types as an array or arguments list, ie (['text/html', 'application/json']) as well as ('text/html', 'application/json').
  • Allows type shorthands such as json.
  • Returns false when no types match
  • Treats non-existent headers as *

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-accepts

Install node-accepts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-accepts

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-accepts

How To Uninstall node-accepts on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-accepts

Uninstall node-accepts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-accepts

Remove node-accepts Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-accepts

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

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

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

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Summary

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