How To Install node-emoji on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-emoji on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-emoji
node-emoji is:
Node.js module to encode and decode emoji ideograms and smileys from their aliases or colon-sequences.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-emoji 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-emoji 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-emoji using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-emoji
Install node-emoji Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-emoji using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-emoji
Install node-emoji 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-emoji using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-emoji
How To Uninstall node-emoji on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-emoji package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-emoji
Uninstall node-emoji And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-emoji and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-emoji
Remove node-emoji Configurations and Data
To remove node-emoji configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-emoji
Remove node-emoji configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-emoji configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-emoji
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-emoji package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.