How To Install node-dompurify on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dompurify on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-dompurify
node-dompurify is:
DOMPurify is a DOM-only, super-fast, uber-tolerant XSS sanitizer for HTML, MathML and SVG. It’s also very simple to use and get started with. DOMPurify is written in JavaScript and works in all modern browsers (Safari, Opera (15+), Internet Explorer (10+), Edge, Firefox and Chrome - as well as almost anything else using Blink or WebKit). It doesn’t break on IE6 or other legacy browsers. It simply does nothing there.
This package contains the NodeJS module.
There are three methods to install node-dompurify 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-dompurify 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-dompurify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-dompurify
Install node-dompurify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-dompurify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-dompurify
Install node-dompurify 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-dompurify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-dompurify
How To Uninstall node-dompurify on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-dompurify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-dompurify
Uninstall node-dompurify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-dompurify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-dompurify
Remove node-dompurify Configurations and Data
To remove node-dompurify configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-dompurify
Remove node-dompurify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-dompurify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-dompurify
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dompurify package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
