How To Install node-browser-unpack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browser-unpack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-browser-unpack
node-browser-unpack is:
This package parses a bundle generated by browser-pack. Browser-pack packs Nodej.js source files from a json stream into a browser bundle.
This is dependency of browserify, a Node.js tool that allows one to run Node.js code in browser context.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-browser-unpack 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-browser-unpack 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-browser-unpack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-browser-unpack
Install node-browser-unpack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-browser-unpack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-browser-unpack
Install node-browser-unpack 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-browser-unpack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-browser-unpack
How To Uninstall node-browser-unpack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-browser-unpack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-browser-unpack
Uninstall node-browser-unpack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-browser-unpack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-browser-unpack
Remove node-browser-unpack Configurations and Data
To remove node-browser-unpack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-browser-unpack
Remove node-browser-unpack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-browser-unpack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-browser-unpack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browser-unpack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
