How To Install node-getpass on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-getpass on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-getpass
node-getpass is:
This library can be used to get a password from the terminal. Even though it sounds simple and sounds like the
readlinemodule should be able to do it. But readline module does not support it.
If available, this uses /dev/tty to avoid interfering with any data being
piped in or out of stdio. This function prints a prompt (by default
Password:) and then accepts input without echoing.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-getpass 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-getpass 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-getpass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-getpass
Install node-getpass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-getpass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-getpass
Install node-getpass 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-getpass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-getpass
How To Uninstall node-getpass on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-getpass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-getpass
Uninstall node-getpass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-getpass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-getpass
Remove node-getpass Configurations and Data
To remove node-getpass configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-getpass
Remove node-getpass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-getpass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-getpass
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-getpass package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
