How To Install node-jade on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jade on Ubuntu 18.04. node-jade is high performance template engine - Node.js module

Introduction

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

What is node-jade

node-jade is:

Jade is a templating language able to compile to HTML.

Jade makes possible build up web sites quickly by offering a new way of separating logic from markup, using indentation to reflect nesting. It also supports Markdown language.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jade

Install node-jade Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-jade

Install node-jade 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-jade using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-jade

How To Uninstall node-jade on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-jade

Uninstall node-jade And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jade

Remove node-jade Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-jade

Remove node-jade configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jade

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Summary

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