How To Install node-should on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-should on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-should
node-should is:
Should is an expressive, readable, test framework agnostic, assertion library. It helps keeping test code clean and error messages helpful.
It extends Object.prototype with a single non-enumerable getter that allows one to express how the object should behave.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-should 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-should 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-should using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-should
Install node-should Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-should using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-should
Install node-should 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-should using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-should
How To Uninstall node-should on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-should package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-should
Uninstall node-should And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-should and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-should
Remove node-should Configurations and Data
To remove node-should configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-should
Remove node-should configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-should configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-should
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-should package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
