How To Install node-redis on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-redis on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-redis
node-redis is:
This is a complete Redis client for Node.js.
It supports all Redis commands, including many recently added commands like EVAL from experimental Redis server branches.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-redis 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-redis 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-redis using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-redis
Install node-redis Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-redis using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-redis
Install node-redis 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-redis using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-redis
How To Uninstall node-redis on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-redis package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-redis
Uninstall node-redis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-redis and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-redis
Remove node-redis Configurations and Data
To remove node-redis configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-redis
Remove node-redis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-redis configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-redis
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-redis package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
