How To Install node-jszip on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jszip on Ubuntu 18.04. node-jszip is Create, read and edit .zip files with Javascript

Introduction

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

What is node-jszip

node-jszip is:

A library for creating, reading and editing .zip files with Javascript, with a lovely and simple API.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jszip

Install node-jszip Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-jszip

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-jszip

How To Uninstall node-jszip on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-jszip

Uninstall node-jszip And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jszip

Remove node-jszip Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-jszip

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

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

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

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Summary

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