How To Install node-serve-static on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-serve-static on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-serve-static
node-serve-static is:
Simple and fast deploy module to serve static files in your web applications.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-serve-static 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-serve-static 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-serve-static using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-serve-static
Install node-serve-static Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-serve-static using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-serve-static
Install node-serve-static 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-serve-static using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-serve-static
How To Uninstall node-serve-static on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-serve-static package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-serve-static
Uninstall node-serve-static And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-serve-static and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-serve-static
Remove node-serve-static Configurations and Data
To remove node-serve-static configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-serve-static
Remove node-serve-static configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-serve-static configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-serve-static
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-serve-static package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
