How To Install node-fstream on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fstream on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-fstream
node-fstream is:
node-fstream is a high-level file stream module for Node.js, with a unified interface for reading and writing streams representing files, directories or symbolic links, as well as manipulating their attributes, such as atime/mtime or uid/guid.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-fstream 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-fstream 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-fstream using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-fstream
Install node-fstream Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-fstream using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-fstream
Install node-fstream 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-fstream using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-fstream
How To Uninstall node-fstream on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-fstream package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-fstream
Uninstall node-fstream And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-fstream and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-fstream
Remove node-fstream Configurations and Data
To remove node-fstream configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-fstream
Remove node-fstream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-fstream configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-fstream
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fstream package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
