How To Install node-simple-fmt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-simple-fmt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-simple-fmt
node-simple-fmt is:
Maximally minimal string formatting library, to make code more readable compared to plain old string concatenation using ‘+’.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-simple-fmt 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-simple-fmt 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-simple-fmt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-simple-fmt
Install node-simple-fmt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-simple-fmt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-simple-fmt
Install node-simple-fmt 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-simple-fmt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-simple-fmt
How To Uninstall node-simple-fmt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-simple-fmt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-simple-fmt
Uninstall node-simple-fmt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-simple-fmt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-simple-fmt
Remove node-simple-fmt Configurations and Data
To remove node-simple-fmt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-simple-fmt
Remove node-simple-fmt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-simple-fmt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-simple-fmt
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-simple-fmt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
