How To Install node-has-cors on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-has-cors on Ubuntu 18.04. node-has-cors is Detect support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing

Introduction

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

What is node-has-cors

node-has-cors is:

Node.js module to detect support for CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing), the mechanism that allows restricted resources on a web page to be requested from another domain outside the domain from which the resource originated.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-has-cors

Install node-has-cors Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-has-cors

Install node-has-cors 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-has-cors using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-has-cors

How To Uninstall node-has-cors on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-has-cors

Uninstall node-has-cors And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-has-cors

Remove node-has-cors Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-has-cors

Remove node-has-cors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-has-cors

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Summary

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