How To Install node-kew on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-kew on Ubuntu 18.04. node-kew is lightweight promise library for node

Introduction

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

What is node-kew

node-kew is:

kew is a lightweight promise framework with an aim of providing a base set of functionality similar to that provided by the Q library.

Q is still an awesome library and does way more than kew. Kew support a tiny subset of the Q functionality.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-kew

Install node-kew Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-kew

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-kew

How To Uninstall node-kew on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-kew

Uninstall node-kew And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-kew

Remove node-kew Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-kew

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

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

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

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Summary

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