How To Install node-ansi-styles on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ansi-styles on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-ansi-styles
node-ansi-styles is:
ansi-styles is a Node.js module which provides ANSI escape codes for styling strings in the terminal.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-ansi-styles 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-ansi-styles 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-ansi-styles using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-ansi-styles
Install node-ansi-styles Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-ansi-styles using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-ansi-styles
Install node-ansi-styles 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-ansi-styles using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-ansi-styles
How To Uninstall node-ansi-styles on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-ansi-styles package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-ansi-styles
Uninstall node-ansi-styles And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-ansi-styles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ansi-styles
Remove node-ansi-styles Configurations and Data
To remove node-ansi-styles configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-ansi-styles
Remove node-ansi-styles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-ansi-styles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ansi-styles
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ansi-styles package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
