How To Install node-jsonfile on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jsonfile on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-jsonfile
node-jsonfile is:
jsonfile is a Node.js module to easily read/write JSON files in JavaScript.
The module provides readFile() and writeFile() methods that combine JSON.parse() with fs.readFile() and JSON.parse() with fs.readFile().
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-jsonfile 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-jsonfile 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-jsonfile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-jsonfile
Install node-jsonfile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-jsonfile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-jsonfile
Install node-jsonfile 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-jsonfile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-jsonfile
How To Uninstall node-jsonfile on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-jsonfile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-jsonfile
Uninstall node-jsonfile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-jsonfile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jsonfile
Remove node-jsonfile Configurations and Data
To remove node-jsonfile configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-jsonfile
Remove node-jsonfile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-jsonfile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jsonfile
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jsonfile package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
