How To Install node-locate-character on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-locate-character on Ubuntu 18.04. node-locate-character is Helper to find the line and column of a character in a string

Introduction

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

What is node-locate-character

node-locate-character is:

Module to find the line and column of a character within a string, starting at any index.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-locate-character

Install node-locate-character Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-locate-character

Install node-locate-character 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-locate-character using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-locate-character

How To Uninstall node-locate-character on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-locate-character

Uninstall node-locate-character And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-locate-character

Remove node-locate-character Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-locate-character

Remove node-locate-character configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-locate-character

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Summary

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