How To Install node-solid-keychain on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-solid-keychain on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-solid-keychain
node-solid-keychain is:
This package provides KeyChain for use with Web Cryptography API in Node.js.
The Web Cryptography API is the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) recommendation for a low-level interface that would increase the security of web applications by allowing them to perform cryptographic functions without having to access raw keying material.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-solid-keychain on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-solid-keychain 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-solid-keychain using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-solid-keychain
Install node-solid-keychain Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-solid-keychain using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-solid-keychain
Install node-solid-keychain 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-solid-keychain using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-solid-keychain
How To Uninstall node-solid-keychain on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-solid-keychain package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-solid-keychain
Uninstall node-solid-keychain And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-solid-keychain and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-solid-keychain
Remove node-solid-keychain Configurations and Data
To remove node-solid-keychain configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-solid-keychain
Remove node-solid-keychain configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-solid-keychain configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-solid-keychain
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-solid-keychain package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.