How To Install node-crc32 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-crc32 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-crc32
node-crc32 is:
CRC means ‘Cyclic Redundancy Check’ and is a way to checksum data. It is a simple algorithm based on polynomials and is used in such projects as gzip.
This module only works with UTF-8 strings, and is meant to be able to work on node and in the browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-crc32 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-crc32 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-crc32 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-crc32
Install node-crc32 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-crc32 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-crc32
Install node-crc32 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-crc32 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-crc32
How To Uninstall node-crc32 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-crc32 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-crc32
Uninstall node-crc32 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-crc32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-crc32
Remove node-crc32 Configurations and Data
To remove node-crc32 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-crc32
Remove node-crc32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-crc32 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-crc32
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-crc32 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
