How To Install node-smash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-smash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-smash
node-smash is:
Concatenates one or more input files, outputting a single merged file. Any import statements in the input files are expanded in-place to the contents of the imported file. If the same file is imported multiple times, only the first instance of the file is included.
There are three methods to install node-smash 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-smash 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-smash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-smash
Install node-smash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-smash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-smash
Install node-smash 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-smash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-smash
How To Uninstall node-smash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-smash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-smash
Uninstall node-smash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-smash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-smash
Remove node-smash Configurations and Data
To remove node-smash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-smash
Remove node-smash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-smash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-smash
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-smash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
