How To Install node-jsonstream on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jsonstream on Ubuntu 18.04. node-jsonstream is streaming JSON.parse and stringify

Introduction

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

What is node-jsonstream

node-jsonstream is:

JSONStream.parse(pattern, map) provide a function that can be used to map or filter the json output. map is passed the value at that node of the pattern, if map return non-nullish (anything but null or undefined) that value will be emitted in the stream. If it returns a nullish value, nothing will be emitted.

JSONStream also emits ‘header’ and ‘footer’ events, the ‘header’ event contains anything in the output that was before the first match, and the ‘footer’, is anything after the last match.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jsonstream

Install node-jsonstream Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-jsonstream

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-jsonstream

How To Uninstall node-jsonstream on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-jsonstream

Uninstall node-jsonstream And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jsonstream

Remove node-jsonstream Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-jsonstream

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

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

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

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Summary

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