How To Install node-config-chain on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-config-chain on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-config-chain
node-config-chain is:
This module is used to load all the user configurations. It can also detect production mode or development mode. It is a dependency of NPM.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-config-chain 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-config-chain 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-config-chain using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-config-chain
Install node-config-chain Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-config-chain using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-config-chain
Install node-config-chain 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-config-chain using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-config-chain
How To Uninstall node-config-chain on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-config-chain package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-config-chain
Uninstall node-config-chain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-config-chain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-config-chain
Remove node-config-chain Configurations and Data
To remove node-config-chain configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-config-chain
Remove node-config-chain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-config-chain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-config-chain
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-config-chain package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
