How To Install node-compression on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-compression
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-compression
node-compression is:
This package provides an express middleware for handling HTTP response compression using gzip or deflate.
Express is a web application framework for Node.js.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-compression
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-compression 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-compression
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-compression
Install node-compression Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-compression
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-compression
Install node-compression 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-compression
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-compression
How To Uninstall node-compression on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-compression
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-compression
Uninstall node-compression And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-compression
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-compression
Remove node-compression Configurations and Data
To remove node-compression
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-compression
Remove node-compression configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-compression
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-compression
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-compression
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.