How To Install node-cli-boxes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cli-boxes on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-cli-boxes
node-cli-boxes is:
The list of boxes is just a JSON file and can be used wherever.
It can be used to create single,double,classic,single etc boxes.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-cli-boxes 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-cli-boxes 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-cli-boxes using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-cli-boxes
Install node-cli-boxes Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-cli-boxes using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-cli-boxes
Install node-cli-boxes 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-cli-boxes using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-cli-boxes
How To Uninstall node-cli-boxes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-cli-boxes package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-cli-boxes
Uninstall node-cli-boxes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-cli-boxes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cli-boxes
Remove node-cli-boxes Configurations and Data
To remove node-cli-boxes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-cli-boxes
Remove node-cli-boxes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-cli-boxes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cli-boxes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cli-boxes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
