How To Install node-micromatch on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-micromatch on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-micromatch
node-micromatch is:
A drop-in replacement and faster alternative to minimatch and multimatch.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-micromatch 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-micromatch 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-micromatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-micromatch
Install node-micromatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-micromatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-micromatch
Install node-micromatch 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-micromatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-micromatch
How To Uninstall node-micromatch on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-micromatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-micromatch
Uninstall node-micromatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-micromatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-micromatch
Remove node-micromatch Configurations and Data
To remove node-micromatch configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-micromatch
Remove node-micromatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-micromatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-micromatch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-micromatch package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
