How To Install node-srs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-srs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-srs
node-srs is:
node-srs provides a spatial reference library for Node.js. It is also able to detect projections used in files formatted as Shapefile or GeoJSON, similarly to what gdalsrsinfo from gdal-bin package does.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-srs 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-srs 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-srs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-srs
Install node-srs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-srs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-srs
Install node-srs 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-srs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-srs
How To Uninstall node-srs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-srs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-srs
Uninstall node-srs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-srs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-srs
Remove node-srs Configurations and Data
To remove node-srs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-srs
Remove node-srs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-srs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-srs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-srs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
