How To Install node-rbush on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-rbush on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-rbush
node-rbush is:
RBush is a high-performance JavaScript library for 2D spatial indexing of points and rectangles by Vladimir Agafonkin, based on an optimized R-tree data structure with bulk insertion support.
Spatial index is a special data structure for points and rectangles that allows you to perform queries like “all items within this bounding box” very efficiently (e.g. hundreds of times faster than looping over all items). It’s most commonly used in maps and data visualizations.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-rbush 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-rbush 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-rbush using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-rbush
Install node-rbush Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-rbush using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-rbush
Install node-rbush 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-rbush using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-rbush
How To Uninstall node-rbush on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-rbush package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-rbush
Uninstall node-rbush And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-rbush and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-rbush
Remove node-rbush Configurations and Data
To remove node-rbush configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-rbush
Remove node-rbush configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-rbush configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-rbush
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-rbush package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
