How To Install node-preact on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-preact on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-preact
node-preact is:
This module is a fast 3kb React alternative with the same ES6 API. Components & Virtual DOM.
This module claims to have all the power of Virtual DOM components, without the overhead.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-preact 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-preact 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-preact using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-preact
Install node-preact Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-preact using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-preact
Install node-preact 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-preact using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-preact
How To Uninstall node-preact on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-preact package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-preact
Uninstall node-preact And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-preact and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-preact
Remove node-preact Configurations and Data
To remove node-preact configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-preact
Remove node-preact configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-preact configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-preact
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-preact package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
