How To Install node-statuses on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-statuses on Ubuntu 18.04. node-statuses is HTTP status utility

Introduction

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

What is node-statuses

node-statuses is:

statuses is a HTTP status utility built for node which provides appropriate code for valid HTTP codes in Integer or valid HTTP codes in String and throws error for invalid codes.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-statuses

Install node-statuses Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-statuses

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-statuses

How To Uninstall node-statuses on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-statuses

Uninstall node-statuses And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-statuses

Remove node-statuses Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-statuses

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

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

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

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Summary

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