How To Install node-coveralls on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-coveralls on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-coveralls
node-coveralls is:
Coveralls.io is a web service to help you track your code coverage over time, and ensure that all your new code is fully covered.
Coveralls automatically collects your code coverage data, uploads it to their servers and gives you a nice interface to dig into it.
This tools based on node.js allows one to post coverage information to coveralls.io
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-coveralls 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-coveralls 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-coveralls using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-coveralls
Install node-coveralls Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-coveralls using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-coveralls
Install node-coveralls 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-coveralls using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-coveralls
How To Uninstall node-coveralls on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-coveralls package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-coveralls
Uninstall node-coveralls And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-coveralls and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-coveralls
Remove node-coveralls Configurations and Data
To remove node-coveralls configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-coveralls
Remove node-coveralls configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-coveralls configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-coveralls
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-coveralls package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
