How To Install node-estree-walker on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-estree-walker on Ubuntu 18.04. node-estree-walker is traverse an ESTree-compliant AST in Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-estree-walker on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-estree-walker

node-estree-walker is:

Provide ways to traverse an Abstract Syntax Tree in the ESTree format, as obtained for example using acorn.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-estree-walker 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-estree-walker 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-estree-walker using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-estree-walker

Install node-estree-walker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-estree-walker using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-estree-walker

Install node-estree-walker 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-estree-walker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-estree-walker

How To Uninstall node-estree-walker on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-estree-walker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-estree-walker

Uninstall node-estree-walker And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-estree-walker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-estree-walker

Remove node-estree-walker Configurations and Data

To remove node-estree-walker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-estree-walker

Remove node-estree-walker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-estree-walker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-estree-walker

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-estree-walker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.