How To Install node-css-select on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-css-select on Ubuntu 18.04. node-css-select is CSS selector compiler/engine

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-css-select on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-css-select

node-css-select is:

Node.js module that turns CSS selectors into functions that test if DOM elements match them. Provides an efficient and complete implementation of CSS3 and a partial implementation of jQuery/Sizzle extensions.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-css-select

Install node-css-select Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-css-select

Install node-css-select 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-css-select using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-css-select

How To Uninstall node-css-select on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-css-select package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-css-select

Uninstall node-css-select And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-css-select

Remove node-css-select Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-css-select

Remove node-css-select configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-css-select

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Summary

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