How To Install node-jsprim on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jsprim on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-jsprim
node-jsprim is:
This module provides miscellaneous facilities for working with strings, numbers, dates, and objects and arrays of these basic types.
This library is a dependency for webpack. Webpack takes code targeted at node.js and makes it run in the browser. Node.js comes with API of its own that is not available in the browsers. Webpack exposes this code to programs that are unaware they are running in a browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-jsprim 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-jsprim 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-jsprim using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-jsprim
Install node-jsprim Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-jsprim using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-jsprim
Install node-jsprim 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-jsprim using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-jsprim
How To Uninstall node-jsprim on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-jsprim package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-jsprim
Uninstall node-jsprim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-jsprim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jsprim
Remove node-jsprim Configurations and Data
To remove node-jsprim configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-jsprim
Remove node-jsprim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-jsprim configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jsprim
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jsprim package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
