How To Install node-mirror on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mirror on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-mirror
node-mirror is:
Mirror aggregates JavaScript, CSS and any other text files for serving them to browsers with Express. It supports wrapping and postprocessing outputs.
A “mirror” can contain files, plain source code or other mirrors.
There are three methods to install node-mirror 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-mirror 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-mirror using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mirror
Install node-mirror Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mirror using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mirror
Install node-mirror 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-mirror using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mirror
How To Uninstall node-mirror on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-mirror package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mirror
Uninstall node-mirror And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mirror and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mirror
Remove node-mirror Configurations and Data
To remove node-mirror configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mirror
Remove node-mirror configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mirror configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mirror
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mirror package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
