How To Install node-jose on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jose
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-jose
node-jose is:
“JSON Web Almost Everything” - JWA, JWS, JWE, JWT, JWK, JWKS with no dependencies using runtime’s native crypto in Node.js, Browser, Cloudflare Workers, Electron, and Deno.
The following specifications are implemented by jose
- JSON Web Signature (JWS) - RFC7515
- JSON Web Encryption (JWE) - RFC7516
- JSON Web Key (JWK) - RFC7517
- JSON Web Algorithms (JWA) - RFC7518
- JSON Web Token (JWT) - RFC7519
- JSON Web Key Thumbprint - RFC7638
- JWS Unencoded Payload Option - RFC7797
- CFRG Elliptic Curve ECDH and Signatures - RFC8037
- secp256k1 EC Key curve support - JOSE Registrations for WebAuthn Algorithms
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-jose
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-jose 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-jose
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-jose
Install node-jose Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-jose
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-jose
Install node-jose 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-jose
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-jose
How To Uninstall node-jose on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-jose
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-jose
Uninstall node-jose And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-jose
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jose
Remove node-jose Configurations and Data
To remove node-jose
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-jose
Remove node-jose configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-jose
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jose
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jose
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.