How To Install node-gulp-flatten on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-gulp-flatten on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-gulp-flatten
node-gulp-flatten is:
By default gulp stores files with it’s relative paths. Use case: To copy all minified javascript files from bower_components to build folder without relative paths when you have multiple modules in different sub directories.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-gulp-flatten 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-gulp-flatten 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-gulp-flatten using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-gulp-flatten
Install node-gulp-flatten Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-gulp-flatten using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-gulp-flatten
Install node-gulp-flatten 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-gulp-flatten using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-gulp-flatten
How To Uninstall node-gulp-flatten on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-gulp-flatten package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-gulp-flatten
Uninstall node-gulp-flatten And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-gulp-flatten and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-gulp-flatten
Remove node-gulp-flatten Configurations and Data
To remove node-gulp-flatten configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-gulp-flatten
Remove node-gulp-flatten configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-gulp-flatten configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-gulp-flatten
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-gulp-flatten package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
