How To Install node-dashdash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dashdash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-dashdash
node-dashdash is:
The author of the library gives this rationale: the other option parsing libraries are one of too loosey goosey (not explicit), too big/too many deps, or ill specified.
This library is a dependency for sshpk, a library to parse, convert, fingerprint and use SSH keys (both public and private) in pure nodejs.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-dashdash 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-dashdash 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-dashdash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-dashdash
Install node-dashdash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-dashdash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-dashdash
Install node-dashdash 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-dashdash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-dashdash
How To Uninstall node-dashdash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-dashdash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-dashdash
Uninstall node-dashdash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-dashdash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-dashdash
Remove node-dashdash Configurations and Data
To remove node-dashdash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-dashdash
Remove node-dashdash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-dashdash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-dashdash
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dashdash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
