How To Install node-jsonminify on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jsonminify on Ubuntu 18.04. node-jsonminify is Minify blocks of JSON-like content into valid JSON

Introduction

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

What is node-jsonminify

node-jsonminify is:

Node.js module to minify blocks of JSON-like content into valid JSON by removing all whitespace and comments.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jsonminify

Install node-jsonminify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-jsonminify

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-jsonminify

How To Uninstall node-jsonminify on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-jsonminify

Uninstall node-jsonminify And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jsonminify

Remove node-jsonminify Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-jsonminify

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

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

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

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Summary

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