How To Install node-elliptic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-elliptic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-elliptic
node-elliptic is:
Fast elliptic-curve cryptography in a plain javascript implementation.
Incentive for Elliptic: ECC (another library with comparable features) is much slower than regular RSA cryptography, the JS implementations are even more slower.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-elliptic 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-elliptic 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-elliptic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-elliptic
Install node-elliptic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-elliptic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-elliptic
Install node-elliptic 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-elliptic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-elliptic
How To Uninstall node-elliptic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-elliptic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-elliptic
Uninstall node-elliptic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-elliptic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-elliptic
Remove node-elliptic Configurations and Data
To remove node-elliptic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-elliptic
Remove node-elliptic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-elliptic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-elliptic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-elliptic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
