How To Install node-assert-plus on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-assert-plus on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-assert-plus
node-assert-plus is:
This library is a super small wrapper over node’s assert module that has two things: (1) the ability to disable assertions with the environment variable NODE_NDEBUG, and (2) some API wrappers for argument testing. Like assert.string(myArg, ‘myArg’)
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-assert-plus 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-assert-plus 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-assert-plus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-assert-plus
Install node-assert-plus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-assert-plus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-assert-plus
Install node-assert-plus 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-assert-plus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-assert-plus
How To Uninstall node-assert-plus on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-assert-plus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-assert-plus
Uninstall node-assert-plus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-assert-plus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-assert-plus
Remove node-assert-plus Configurations and Data
To remove node-assert-plus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-assert-plus
Remove node-assert-plus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-assert-plus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-assert-plus
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-assert-plus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
