How To Install node-sax on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sax on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-sax
node-sax is:
A sax-style parser for XML and HTML.
It’s a very simple tool to parse through an XML string, or to create a streaming HTML parser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-sax 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-sax 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-sax using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-sax
Install node-sax Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-sax using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-sax
Install node-sax 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-sax using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-sax
How To Uninstall node-sax on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-sax package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-sax
Uninstall node-sax And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-sax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sax
Remove node-sax Configurations and Data
To remove node-sax configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-sax
Remove node-sax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-sax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sax
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sax package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
