How To Install node-bytes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bytes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-bytes
node-bytes is:
This module parses strings representing an amount of bytes, like 1kb, 2mb, 1gb; and inversely converts positive integers to a readable format representing an amount of bytes. It is useful for parsing or writing log files.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-bytes 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-bytes 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-bytes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-bytes
Install node-bytes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-bytes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-bytes
Install node-bytes 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-bytes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-bytes
How To Uninstall node-bytes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-bytes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-bytes
Uninstall node-bytes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-bytes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bytes
Remove node-bytes Configurations and Data
To remove node-bytes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-bytes
Remove node-bytes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-bytes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-bytes
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bytes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
