How To Install node-eventemitter2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-eventemitter2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-eventemitter2
node-eventemitter2 is:
This module provides EventEmitter2, an implementation of the EventEmitter object found in Node.js, with additional support for namespaces, wildcards, and n-times listeners.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-eventemitter2 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-eventemitter2 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-eventemitter2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-eventemitter2
Install node-eventemitter2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-eventemitter2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-eventemitter2
Install node-eventemitter2 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-eventemitter2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-eventemitter2
How To Uninstall node-eventemitter2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-eventemitter2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-eventemitter2
Uninstall node-eventemitter2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-eventemitter2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-eventemitter2
Remove node-eventemitter2 Configurations and Data
To remove node-eventemitter2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-eventemitter2
Remove node-eventemitter2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-eventemitter2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-eventemitter2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-eventemitter2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
