How To Install node-esutils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-esutils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-esutils
node-esutils is:
Usage details can be found in /usr/share/doc/node-esutils/README.md
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-esutils 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-esutils 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-esutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-esutils
Install node-esutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-esutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-esutils
Install node-esutils 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-esutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-esutils
How To Uninstall node-esutils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-esutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-esutils
Uninstall node-esutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-esutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-esutils
Remove node-esutils Configurations and Data
To remove node-esutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-esutils
Remove node-esutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-esutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-esutils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-esutils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
