How To Install node-load-grunt-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-load-grunt-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04. node-load-grunt-tasks is Load multiple grunt tasks using globbing patterns

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-load-grunt-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-load-grunt-tasks

node-load-grunt-tasks is:

Usually you would have to load each task one by one, which is unnecessarily cumbersome.

This module will read the dependencies/devDependencies/peerDependencies /optionalDependencies in your package.json and load grunt tasks that match the provided patterns.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-load-grunt-tasks

Install node-load-grunt-tasks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-load-grunt-tasks

Install node-load-grunt-tasks 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-load-grunt-tasks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-load-grunt-tasks

How To Uninstall node-load-grunt-tasks on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-load-grunt-tasks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-load-grunt-tasks

Uninstall node-load-grunt-tasks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-load-grunt-tasks

Remove node-load-grunt-tasks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-load-grunt-tasks

Remove node-load-grunt-tasks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-load-grunt-tasks

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Summary

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