How To Install node-multiparty on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-multiparty on Ubuntu 18.04. node-multiparty is Multipart/form-data parser for Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-multiparty

node-multiparty is:

node-multiparty is a well-tested multipart/form-data parser for requests sent by HTTP clients. Files uploads are properly handled as streams, and are not written to disk by default.

This module is a fork of node-formidable.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-multiparty

Install node-multiparty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-multiparty

Install node-multiparty 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-multiparty using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-multiparty

How To Uninstall node-multiparty on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-multiparty

Uninstall node-multiparty And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-multiparty

Remove node-multiparty Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-multiparty

Remove node-multiparty configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-multiparty

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Summary

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