How To Install node-cipher-base on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cipher-base on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-cipher-base
node-cipher-base is:
This module implements an abstract base class to inherit from, for creating node crypto streams.
This module follows the same API as Node.js crypto streams API.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-cipher-base 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-cipher-base 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-cipher-base using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-cipher-base
Install node-cipher-base Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-cipher-base using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-cipher-base
Install node-cipher-base 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-cipher-base using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-cipher-base
How To Uninstall node-cipher-base on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-cipher-base package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-cipher-base
Uninstall node-cipher-base And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-cipher-base and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cipher-base
Remove node-cipher-base Configurations and Data
To remove node-cipher-base configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-cipher-base
Remove node-cipher-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-cipher-base configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cipher-base
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cipher-base package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
