How To Install node-decompress-response on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-decompress-response on Ubuntu 18.04. node-decompress-response is Decompress a HTTP response if needed

Introduction

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

What is node-decompress-response

node-decompress-response is:

Decompresses the response from http.request if it’s gzipped or deflated, otherwise just passes it through.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-decompress-response

Install node-decompress-response Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-decompress-response

Install node-decompress-response 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-decompress-response using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-decompress-response

How To Uninstall node-decompress-response on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-decompress-response

Uninstall node-decompress-response And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-decompress-response

Remove node-decompress-response Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-decompress-response

Remove node-decompress-response configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-decompress-response

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Summary

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