How To Install node-ssri on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ssri on Ubuntu 18.04. node-ssri is Utility for parsing, serializing, generating and verifying ssri metadata

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ssri on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-ssri

node-ssri is:

SSRI, short for Standard Subresource Integrity, is a Node.js utility for parsing, manipulating, serializing, generating and verifying Subresource Integrity hashes according to SRI spec.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-ssri 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-ssri 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-ssri using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-ssri

Install node-ssri Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-ssri using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-ssri

Install node-ssri 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-ssri using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-ssri

How To Uninstall node-ssri on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-ssri package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-ssri

Uninstall node-ssri And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-ssri and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ssri

Remove node-ssri Configurations and Data

To remove node-ssri configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ssri

Remove node-ssri configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-ssri configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ssri

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ssri package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.