How To Install node-step on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-step on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-step
node-step is:
Node is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
Step is a simple control-flow library for Node that makes parallel execution, serial execution, and error handling painless.
There are three methods to install node-step 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-step 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-step using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-step
Install node-step Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-step using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-step
Install node-step 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-step using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-step
How To Uninstall node-step on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-step package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-step
Uninstall node-step And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-step and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-step
Remove node-step Configurations and Data
To remove node-step configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-step
Remove node-step configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-step configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-step
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-step package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
