How To Install node-eventsource on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-eventsource on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-eventsource
node-eventsource is:
This library implements the EventSource client for Node.js. The API aims to be W3C compatible.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-eventsource 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-eventsource 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-eventsource using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-eventsource
Install node-eventsource Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-eventsource using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-eventsource
Install node-eventsource 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-eventsource using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-eventsource
How To Uninstall node-eventsource on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-eventsource package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-eventsource
Uninstall node-eventsource And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-eventsource and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-eventsource
Remove node-eventsource Configurations and Data
To remove node-eventsource configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-eventsource
Remove node-eventsource configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-eventsource configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-eventsource
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-eventsource package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
