How To Install node-object-assign on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-object-assign on Ubuntu 18.04. node-object-assign is ES2015 Object.assign() ponyfill

Introduction

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

What is node-object-assign

node-object-assign is:

Assigns enumerable own properties of source objects to the target object and returns the target object. Additional source objects will overwrite previous ones.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-object-assign

Install node-object-assign Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-object-assign

Install node-object-assign 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-object-assign using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-object-assign

How To Uninstall node-object-assign on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-object-assign

Uninstall node-object-assign And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-object-assign

Remove node-object-assign Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-object-assign

Remove node-object-assign configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-object-assign

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Summary

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