How To Install node-console-group on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-console-group on Ubuntu 18.04. node-console-group is basic console.group implementation for node

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-console-group on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-console-group

node-console-group is:

In browsers, console.group() is an incredibly useful debugging tool. This module implements the same in Node.js.

It’s a 5 minute job - highly unsophisticated, doesn’t even have a test suite, so YMMV.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-console-group 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-console-group 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-console-group using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-console-group

Install node-console-group Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-console-group using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-console-group

Install node-console-group 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-console-group using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-console-group

How To Uninstall node-console-group on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-console-group package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-console-group

Uninstall node-console-group And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-console-group and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-console-group

Remove node-console-group Configurations and Data

To remove node-console-group configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-console-group

Remove node-console-group configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-console-group configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-console-group

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-console-group package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.