How To Install node-stack-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-stack-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-stack-utils
node-stack-utils is:
This modules provides API for working with nodejs stack traces. Ones could create new stack traces instance simulating for instance deep call of function, or clean existing stack trace. This API includes function to call up and down on stack trace.
In computing, a stack trace (also called stack backtrace or stack traceback) is a report of the active stack frames at a certain point in time during the execution of a program. Programmers commonly use stack tracing during interactive and post-mortem debugging. A stack trace allows tracking the sequence of nested functions called - up to the point where the stack trace is generated. In a post-mortem scenario this extends up to the function where the failure occurred
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-stack-utils 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-stack-utils 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-stack-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-stack-utils
Install node-stack-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-stack-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-stack-utils
Install node-stack-utils 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-stack-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-stack-utils
How To Uninstall node-stack-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-stack-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-stack-utils
Uninstall node-stack-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-stack-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-stack-utils
Remove node-stack-utils Configurations and Data
To remove node-stack-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-stack-utils
Remove node-stack-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-stack-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-stack-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-stack-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
