How To Install node-js-yaml on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-js-yaml on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-js-yaml
node-js-yaml is:
This is an implementation of YAML, a human-friendly data serialization language. Started as PyYAML port, it was completely rewritten from scratch. Now it’s very fast, and supports the 1.2 spec.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-js-yaml 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-js-yaml 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-js-yaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-js-yaml
Install node-js-yaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-js-yaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-js-yaml
Install node-js-yaml 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-js-yaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-js-yaml
How To Uninstall node-js-yaml on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-js-yaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-js-yaml
Uninstall node-js-yaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-js-yaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-js-yaml
Remove node-js-yaml Configurations and Data
To remove node-js-yaml configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-js-yaml
Remove node-js-yaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-js-yaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-js-yaml
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-js-yaml package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
