How To Install node-hawk on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-hawk on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-hawk
node-hawk is:
Hawk is an HTTP authentication scheme using a message authentication code (MAC) algorithm to provide partial HTTP request cryptographic verification. For more complex use cases such as access delegation, see Oz.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-hawk 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-hawk 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-hawk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-hawk
Install node-hawk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-hawk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-hawk
Install node-hawk 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-hawk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-hawk
How To Uninstall node-hawk on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-hawk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-hawk
Uninstall node-hawk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-hawk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-hawk
Remove node-hawk Configurations and Data
To remove node-hawk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-hawk
Remove node-hawk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-hawk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-hawk
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-hawk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
