How To Install node-log-driver on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-log-driver on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-log-driver
node-log-driver is:
This module implement logging to stdout and concatenate before every message the log level severity (configurable) date, time and local time zone. This modules allows ones to easily trace log event even.
In all the cases logs are redirected to stdout in order to allows one to pipe output to irc or logger program
This modules is needed by tools like coveralls, a coverage tools for javascript program.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-log-driver on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-log-driver 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-log-driver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-log-driver
Install node-log-driver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-log-driver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-log-driver
Install node-log-driver 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-log-driver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-log-driver
How To Uninstall node-log-driver on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-log-driver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-log-driver
Uninstall node-log-driver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-log-driver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-log-driver
Remove node-log-driver Configurations and Data
To remove node-log-driver configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-log-driver
Remove node-log-driver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-log-driver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-log-driver
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-log-driver package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.