How To Install node-chokidar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-chokidar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-chokidar
node-chokidar is:
Chokidar does still rely on the Node.js core fs module, but when using fs.watch and fs.watchFile for watching, it normalizes the events it receives, often checking for truth by getting file stats and/or dir contents.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-chokidar 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-chokidar 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-chokidar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-chokidar
Install node-chokidar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-chokidar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-chokidar
Install node-chokidar 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-chokidar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-chokidar
How To Uninstall node-chokidar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-chokidar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-chokidar
Uninstall node-chokidar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-chokidar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-chokidar
Remove node-chokidar Configurations and Data
To remove node-chokidar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-chokidar
Remove node-chokidar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-chokidar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-chokidar
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-chokidar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
