How To Install node-inquirer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-inquirer
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-inquirer
node-inquirer is:
Node.js module that provides a collection of interactive user interfaces and inquiry session flows for the command line.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-inquirer
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-inquirer 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-inquirer
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-inquirer
Install node-inquirer Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-inquirer
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-inquirer
Install node-inquirer 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-inquirer
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-inquirer
How To Uninstall node-inquirer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-inquirer
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-inquirer
Uninstall node-inquirer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-inquirer
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-inquirer
Remove node-inquirer Configurations and Data
To remove node-inquirer
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-inquirer
Remove node-inquirer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-inquirer
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-inquirer
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-inquirer
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.