How To Install node-graceful-readlink on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-graceful-readlink on Ubuntu 18.04. node-graceful-readlink is graceful fs.readlink

Introduction

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

node-graceful-readlink is:

Node-js module that provides a replacement for the built-in function fs.readlinkSync. The function synchronously returns the name of the file pointed to by a symbolic link, or echoes back the filename it is given if it is not a symbolic link.

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

There are three methods to install node-graceful-readlink 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.

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-graceful-readlink

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-graceful-readlink

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-graceful-readlink using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-graceful-readlink

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

sudo apt-get remove node-graceful-readlink

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-graceful-readlink

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-graceful-readlink

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-graceful-readlink

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Summary

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