How To Install node-clean-css on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-clean-css on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-clean-css
node-clean-css is:
Clean-css is a Node.js module for minifying CSS files. It does the same job as YUI Compressor’s CSS minifier, but much faster thanks to many speed optimizations and Node.js’ V8 engine.
There are three methods to install node-clean-css 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-clean-css 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-clean-css using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-clean-css
Install node-clean-css Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-clean-css using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-clean-css
Install node-clean-css 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-clean-css using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-clean-css
How To Uninstall node-clean-css on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-clean-css package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-clean-css
Uninstall node-clean-css And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-clean-css and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-clean-css
Remove node-clean-css Configurations and Data
To remove node-clean-css configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-clean-css
Remove node-clean-css configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-clean-css configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-clean-css
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-clean-css package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
