How To Install node-https-proxy-agent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-https-proxy-agent
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-https-proxy-agent
node-https-proxy-agent is:
This module provides an http.Agent implementation that connects to a specified HTTP or HTTPS proxy server, and can be used with the built-in ‘https’ module.
Specifically, this ‘Agent’ implementation connects to an intermediary “proxy” server and issues the CONNECT, which tells the proxy to open a direct TCP connection to the destination server.
Since this agent implements the CONNECT HTTP method, it also works with other protocols that use this method when connecting over proxies (i.e. WebSockets).
There are three methods to install node-https-proxy-agent
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-https-proxy-agent 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-https-proxy-agent
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-https-proxy-agent
Install node-https-proxy-agent Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-https-proxy-agent
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-https-proxy-agent
Install node-https-proxy-agent 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-https-proxy-agent
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-https-proxy-agent
How To Uninstall node-https-proxy-agent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-https-proxy-agent
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-https-proxy-agent
Uninstall node-https-proxy-agent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-https-proxy-agent
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-https-proxy-agent
Remove node-https-proxy-agent Configurations and Data
To remove node-https-proxy-agent
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-https-proxy-agent
Remove node-https-proxy-agent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-https-proxy-agent
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-https-proxy-agent
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-https-proxy-agent
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.