How To Install node-dtrace-provider on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dtrace-provider
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-dtrace-provider
node-dtrace-provider is:
This extension allows you to create native DTrace providers for your Node.js applications.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
Its a dependency of node-ldapjs
There are three methods to install node-dtrace-provider
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-dtrace-provider 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-dtrace-provider
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-dtrace-provider
Install node-dtrace-provider Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-dtrace-provider
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-dtrace-provider
Install node-dtrace-provider 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-dtrace-provider
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-dtrace-provider
How To Uninstall node-dtrace-provider on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-dtrace-provider
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-dtrace-provider
Uninstall node-dtrace-provider And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-dtrace-provider
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-dtrace-provider
Remove node-dtrace-provider Configurations and Data
To remove node-dtrace-provider
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-dtrace-provider
Remove node-dtrace-provider configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-dtrace-provider
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-dtrace-provider
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dtrace-provider
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.