How To Install node-execa on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-execa on Ubuntu 18.04. node-execa is better child_process

Introduction

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

What is node-execa

node-execa is:

This is better in the following ways:

  • Promise interface.
  • Strips EOF from the output so you don’t have to stdout.trim().
  • Supports shebang binaries cross-platform.
  • Improved Windows support.
  • Higher max buffer. 10 MB instead of 200 KB.
  • Executes locally installed binaries by name.
  • Cleans up spawned processes when the parent process dies.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-execa

Install node-execa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-execa

Install node-execa 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-execa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-execa

How To Uninstall node-execa on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-execa

Uninstall node-execa And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-execa

Remove node-execa Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-execa

Remove node-execa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-execa

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Summary

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