How To Install node-d3-drag on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-d3-drag on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-d3-drag
node-d3-drag is:
Drag-and-drop is a popular and easy-to-learn pointing gesture: move the pointer to an object, press and hold to grab it, “drag” the object to a new location, and release to “drop”.
D3’s drag behavior provides a convenient but flexible abstraction for enabling drag-and-drop interaction on selections. For example, you can use d3-drag to facilitate interaction with a force-directed graph, or a simulation of colliding circles.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-d3-drag 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-d3-drag 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-d3-drag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-d3-drag
Install node-d3-drag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-d3-drag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-d3-drag
Install node-d3-drag 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-d3-drag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-d3-drag
How To Uninstall node-d3-drag on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-d3-drag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-d3-drag
Uninstall node-d3-drag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-d3-drag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-d3-drag
Remove node-d3-drag Configurations and Data
To remove node-d3-drag configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-d3-drag
Remove node-d3-drag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-d3-drag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-d3-drag
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-d3-drag package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
