How To Install node-browserify-cipher on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browserify-cipher on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-browserify-cipher
node-browserify-cipher is:
Provides createCipher, createDecipher, createCipheriv, createDecipheriv and getCiphers for the browserify. Includes AES and DES ciphers.
This library is a dependency for webpack. Webpack takes code targeted at node.js and makes it run in the browser. Node.js comes with API of its own that is not available in the browsers. Webpack exposes this code to programs that are unaware they are running in a browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-browserify-cipher 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-cipher 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-cipher using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-browserify-cipher
Install node-browserify-cipher Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-browserify-cipher using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-browserify-cipher
Install node-browserify-cipher 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-cipher using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-browserify-cipher
How To Uninstall node-browserify-cipher on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-browserify-cipher package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-browserify-cipher
Uninstall node-browserify-cipher And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-browserify-cipher 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-cipher
Remove node-browserify-cipher Configurations and Data
To remove node-browserify-cipher configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-browserify-cipher
Remove node-browserify-cipher configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-browserify-cipher configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-browserify-cipher
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browserify-cipher package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
