How To Install node-mousetrap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mousetrap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-mousetrap
node-mousetrap is:
It is around 2kb minified and gzipped and 4.5kb minified, has no external dependencies, and has been tested in the following browsers:
- Internet Explorer 6+
- Safari
- Firefox
- Chrome
It has support for keypress, keydown, and keyup events on specific keys, keyboard combinations, or key sequences.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-mousetrap 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-mousetrap 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-mousetrap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mousetrap
Install node-mousetrap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mousetrap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mousetrap
Install node-mousetrap 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-mousetrap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mousetrap
How To Uninstall node-mousetrap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-mousetrap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mousetrap
Uninstall node-mousetrap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mousetrap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mousetrap
Remove node-mousetrap Configurations and Data
To remove node-mousetrap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mousetrap
Remove node-mousetrap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mousetrap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mousetrap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mousetrap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
