How To Install node-builtins on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-builtins on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-builtins
node-builtins is:
This library provides a list of node.js builtin modules. The list of modules is provided as a JSON file.
This is a dependency for npm, Node.js package manager.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-builtins 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-builtins 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-builtins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-builtins
Install node-builtins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-builtins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-builtins
Install node-builtins 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-builtins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-builtins
How To Uninstall node-builtins on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-builtins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-builtins
Uninstall node-builtins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-builtins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-builtins
Remove node-builtins Configurations and Data
To remove node-builtins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-builtins
Remove node-builtins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-builtins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-builtins
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-builtins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
