How To Install node-os-tmpdir on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-os-tmpdir on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-os-tmpdir
node-os-tmpdir is:
Ponyfill: A polyfill that doesn’t overwrite the native method.
Use this instead of require(‘os’).tmpdir() to get a consistent behaviour on different Node.js versions (even 0.8).
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-os-tmpdir 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-os-tmpdir 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-os-tmpdir using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-os-tmpdir
Install node-os-tmpdir Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-os-tmpdir using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-os-tmpdir
Install node-os-tmpdir 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-os-tmpdir using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-os-tmpdir
How To Uninstall node-os-tmpdir on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-os-tmpdir package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-os-tmpdir
Uninstall node-os-tmpdir And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-os-tmpdir and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-os-tmpdir
Remove node-os-tmpdir Configurations and Data
To remove node-os-tmpdir configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-os-tmpdir
Remove node-os-tmpdir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-os-tmpdir configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-os-tmpdir
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-os-tmpdir package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
