How To Install node-pump on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-pump on Ubuntu 18.04. node-pump is small node module that pipes streams together

Introduction

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

What is node-pump

node-pump is:

When using standard source.pipe(dest) source will not be destroyed if dest emits close or an error. You are also not able to provide a callback to tell when then pipe has finished. pump does these two things for you.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-pump

Install node-pump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-pump

Install node-pump 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-pump using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-pump

How To Uninstall node-pump on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-pump

Uninstall node-pump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-pump

Remove node-pump Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-pump

Remove node-pump configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-pump

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Summary

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