How To Install node-pbkdf2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-pbkdf2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-pbkdf2
node-pbkdf2 is:
This library implements the password-based key derivation function, PBKDF2, specified in RSA PKCS#5 v2.0. It has the ability to use any supported hashing algorithm returned from crypto.getHashes().
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-pbkdf2 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-pbkdf2 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-pbkdf2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-pbkdf2
Install node-pbkdf2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-pbkdf2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-pbkdf2
Install node-pbkdf2 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-pbkdf2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-pbkdf2
How To Uninstall node-pbkdf2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-pbkdf2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-pbkdf2
Uninstall node-pbkdf2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-pbkdf2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-pbkdf2
Remove node-pbkdf2 Configurations and Data
To remove node-pbkdf2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-pbkdf2
Remove node-pbkdf2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-pbkdf2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-pbkdf2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-pbkdf2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
