How To Install node-keese on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-keese on Ubuntu 18.04. node-keese is arbitrary-precision floats encoded as strings - Node.js module

Introduction

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

What is node-keese

node-keese is:

keese is a Node.js module that generates well-ordered values, appropriate for use as sorting keys.

keese can always generate a bigger value, a smaller value, and a value between two other values. This is trivial using numbers with x+1, x-1, and (x+y)/2 respectively. However, numbers have limited precision in JavaScript, so instead keese uses strings.

The string values are comparable with the builtin comparison operators (such as <), and keese can always generate a new value that satisfies the constraints (limited only by system resources).

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-keese

Install node-keese Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-keese

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-keese

How To Uninstall node-keese on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-keese

Uninstall node-keese And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-keese

Remove node-keese Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-keese

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

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

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

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Summary

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