How To Install node-ripemd160 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ripemd160 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-ripemd160
node-ripemd160 is:
RIPEMD (RACE Integrity Primitives Evaluation Message Digest) is a family of cryptographic hash functions developed in Leuven, Belgium, by Hans Dobbertin, Antoon Bosselaers and Bart Preneel at the COSIC research group at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, and first published in 1996.
RIPEMD was based upon the design principles used in MD4, and is similar in performance to the more popular SHA-1.
RIPEMD-160 is an improved, 160-bit version of the original RIPEMD, and the most common version in the family. RIPEMD-160 was designed in the open academic community, in contrast to the NSA-designed SHA-1 and SHA-2 algorithms.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-ripemd160 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-ripemd160 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-ripemd160 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-ripemd160
Install node-ripemd160 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-ripemd160 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-ripemd160
Install node-ripemd160 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-ripemd160 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-ripemd160
How To Uninstall node-ripemd160 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-ripemd160 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-ripemd160
Uninstall node-ripemd160 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-ripemd160 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ripemd160
Remove node-ripemd160 Configurations and Data
To remove node-ripemd160 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-ripemd160
Remove node-ripemd160 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-ripemd160 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ripemd160
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ripemd160 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
