How To Install node-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-hooker
node-hooker is:
Node is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
Hooker is a monkey-patch (hook) functions for debugging and stuff.
Hooker provides 4 functions that include ‘hook’ and ‘unhook’, useful for debug object call, as well as an ‘override’ function to replace the return of a function.
There are three methods to install node-hooker 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-hooker 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-hooker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-hooker
Install node-hooker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-hooker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-hooker
Install node-hooker 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-hooker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-hooker
How To Uninstall node-hooker on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-hooker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-hooker
Uninstall node-hooker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-hooker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-hooker
Remove node-hooker Configurations and Data
To remove node-hooker configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-hooker
Remove node-hooker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-hooker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-hooker
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-hooker package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
