How To Install node-sparkles on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sparkles on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-sparkles
node-sparkles is:
Sparkles exports a function that returns a singleton
EventEmitter. This EE can be shared across your application, whether or not node loads multiple copies.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-sparkles 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-sparkles 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-sparkles using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-sparkles
Install node-sparkles Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-sparkles using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-sparkles
Install node-sparkles 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-sparkles using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-sparkles
How To Uninstall node-sparkles on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-sparkles package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-sparkles
Uninstall node-sparkles And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-sparkles and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sparkles
Remove node-sparkles Configurations and Data
To remove node-sparkles configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-sparkles
Remove node-sparkles configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-sparkles configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sparkles
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sparkles package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
