How To Install node-cross-spawn on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cross-spawn on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-cross-spawn
node-cross-spawn is:
Cross-spawn is a drop-in replacement for nodejs’s spawn which does not have full support on all platforms. Cross-spawn is a thin wrapper around child_process.spawn which provides restarts.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-cross-spawn 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-cross-spawn 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-cross-spawn using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-cross-spawn
Install node-cross-spawn Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-cross-spawn using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-cross-spawn
Install node-cross-spawn 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-cross-spawn using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-cross-spawn
How To Uninstall node-cross-spawn on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-cross-spawn package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-cross-spawn
Uninstall node-cross-spawn And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-cross-spawn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cross-spawn
Remove node-cross-spawn Configurations and Data
To remove node-cross-spawn configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-cross-spawn
Remove node-cross-spawn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-cross-spawn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cross-spawn
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cross-spawn package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
