How To Install node-death on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-death on Ubuntu 18.04. node-death is Gracefully cleanup on termination

Introduction

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

What is node-death

node-death is:

Node.js module to centralize the clean-up code and exit gracefully when exceptions are uncaught or on receiving SIGINT and SIGTERM signals.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-death

Install node-death Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-death

Install node-death 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-death using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-death

How To Uninstall node-death on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-death

Uninstall node-death And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-death

Remove node-death Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-death

Remove node-death configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-death

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Summary

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