How To Install node-browserify-aes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browserify-aes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-browserify-aes
node-browserify-aes is:
The Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), also known by its original name Rijndael is an algorithm for the encryption of data established by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
The algorithm described by AES is a symmetric-key algorithm, meaning the same key is used for both encrypting and decrypting the data. AES is based on a design principle known as a substitution-permutation network, a combination of both substitution and permutation. Unlike its predecessor DES, AES does not use a Feistel network. AES is a variant of Rijndael which has a fixed block size of 128 bits, and a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-browserify-aes 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-browserify-aes 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-browserify-aes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-browserify-aes
Install node-browserify-aes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-browserify-aes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-browserify-aes
Install node-browserify-aes 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-browserify-aes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-browserify-aes
How To Uninstall node-browserify-aes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-browserify-aes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-browserify-aes
Uninstall node-browserify-aes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-browserify-aes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-browserify-aes
Remove node-browserify-aes Configurations and Data
To remove node-browserify-aes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-browserify-aes
Remove node-browserify-aes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-browserify-aes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-browserify-aes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browserify-aes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
