How To Install node-stream-http on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-stream-http on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-stream-http
node-stream-http is:
This module is an implementation of Node.js’s native http module for the browser. It tries to match Node’s API and behavior as closely as possible, but some features aren’t available, since browsers don’t give nearly as much control over requests.
This is heavily inspired by, and intended to replace, http-browserify.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-stream-http 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-stream-http 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-stream-http using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-stream-http
Install node-stream-http Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-stream-http using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-stream-http
Install node-stream-http 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-stream-http using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-stream-http
How To Uninstall node-stream-http on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-stream-http package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-stream-http
Uninstall node-stream-http And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-stream-http and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-stream-http
Remove node-stream-http Configurations and Data
To remove node-stream-http configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-stream-http
Remove node-stream-http configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-stream-http configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-stream-http
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-stream-http package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
