How To Install node-rc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-rc
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-rc
node-rc is:
This Node.js module finds and loads configuration files in the usual places, loads them, and flatten them in that order:
- command line arguments (parsed by minimist)
- environment variables prefixed with $appname_
- config file path given as
--config
argument - .rc in parents folders, in home, or /etc
- .config/$appname or .config/$appname/config in home
- /etc/$appname/config It is also possible to set a custom command-line options parser or a custom configuration file parser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine
There are three methods to install node-rc
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-rc 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-rc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-rc
Install node-rc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-rc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-rc
Install node-rc 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-rc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-rc
How To Uninstall node-rc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-rc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-rc
Uninstall node-rc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-rc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-rc
Remove node-rc Configurations and Data
To remove node-rc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-rc
Remove node-rc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-rc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-rc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-rc
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.