How To Install node-signal-exit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-signal-exit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-signal-exit
node-signal-exit is:
When you want to fire an event no matter how a process exits: reaching the end of execution. explicitly having process.exit(code) called. having process.kill(pid, sig) called. receiving a fatal signal from outside the process
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-signal-exit 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-signal-exit 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-signal-exit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-signal-exit
Install node-signal-exit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-signal-exit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-signal-exit
Install node-signal-exit 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-signal-exit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-signal-exit
How To Uninstall node-signal-exit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-signal-exit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-signal-exit
Uninstall node-signal-exit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-signal-exit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-signal-exit
Remove node-signal-exit Configurations and Data
To remove node-signal-exit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-signal-exit
Remove node-signal-exit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-signal-exit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-signal-exit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-signal-exit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
