How To Install node-async-limiter on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-async-limiter on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-async-limiter
node-async-limiter is:
This module exports a class Limiter that implements some of the Array API. Pass async functions (ones that accept a callback or return a promise) to an instance’s additive array methods.
Async Limiter is used by Node Websockets library (ws) which is a dependency for thousands of NodeJS packages.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-async-limiter on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-async-limiter 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-async-limiter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-async-limiter
Install node-async-limiter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-async-limiter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-async-limiter
Install node-async-limiter 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-async-limiter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-async-limiter
How To Uninstall node-async-limiter on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-async-limiter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-async-limiter
Uninstall node-async-limiter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-async-limiter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-async-limiter
Remove node-async-limiter Configurations and Data
To remove node-async-limiter configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-async-limiter
Remove node-async-limiter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-async-limiter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-async-limiter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-async-limiter package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.