How To Install node-package-preamble on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-package-preamble on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-package-preamble
node-package-preamble is:
Generates a minimalist preamble from a package.json. For example, // https://example.com/hello-world Version 0.0.1. Copyright 2016 Alice Baker. is generated by this tool.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-package-preamble 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-package-preamble 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-package-preamble using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-package-preamble
Install node-package-preamble Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-package-preamble using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-package-preamble
Install node-package-preamble 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-package-preamble using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-package-preamble
How To Uninstall node-package-preamble on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-package-preamble package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-package-preamble
Uninstall node-package-preamble And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-package-preamble and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-package-preamble
Remove node-package-preamble Configurations and Data
To remove node-package-preamble configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-package-preamble
Remove node-package-preamble configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-package-preamble configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-package-preamble
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-package-preamble package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
