How To Install node-devtools-protocol on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-devtools-protocol on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-devtools-protocol
node-devtools-protocol is:
The Chrome DevTools Protocol allows for tools to instrument, inspect, debug and profile Chromium, Chrome and other Blink-based browsers. Many existing projects currently use the protocol. The Chrome DevTools uses this protocol and the team maintains its API.
Instrumentation is divided into a number of domains (DOM, Debugger, Network etc.). Each domain defines a number of commands it supports and events it generates. Both commands and events are serialized JSON objects of a fixed structure.
There are three methods to install node-devtools-protocol on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-devtools-protocol 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-devtools-protocol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-devtools-protocol
Install node-devtools-protocol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-devtools-protocol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-devtools-protocol
Install node-devtools-protocol 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-devtools-protocol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-devtools-protocol
How To Uninstall node-devtools-protocol on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-devtools-protocol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-devtools-protocol
Uninstall node-devtools-protocol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-devtools-protocol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-devtools-protocol
Remove node-devtools-protocol Configurations and Data
To remove node-devtools-protocol configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-devtools-protocol
Remove node-devtools-protocol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-devtools-protocol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-devtools-protocol
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-devtools-protocol package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.