How To Install node-base62 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-base62 on Ubuntu 18.04. node-base62 is Javascript Base62 encode/decoder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-base62 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-base62

node-base62 is:

The default character set is 0-9a-zA-Z. This can be updated to a custom character set. Naturally, it must be 62 characters long.

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

There are three methods to install node-base62 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-base62 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-base62 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-base62

Install node-base62 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-base62 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-base62

Install node-base62 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-base62 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-base62

How To Uninstall node-base62 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-base62 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-base62

Uninstall node-base62 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-base62 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-base62

Remove node-base62 Configurations and Data

To remove node-base62 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-base62

Remove node-base62 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-base62 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-base62

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-base62 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.