How To Install node-stream-splicer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-stream-splicer on Ubuntu 18.04. node-stream-splicer is streaming pipeline with a mutable configuration

Introduction

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

What is node-stream-splicer

node-stream-splicer is:

This modules allows one to create a pipeline duplex stream given an array of streams. Each stream will be piped to the next.

Streams could also be added and removed dynamically at runtime.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-stream-splicer

Install node-stream-splicer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-stream-splicer

Install node-stream-splicer 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-splicer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-stream-splicer

How To Uninstall node-stream-splicer on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-stream-splicer

Uninstall node-stream-splicer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-stream-splicer 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-splicer

Remove node-stream-splicer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-stream-splicer

Remove node-stream-splicer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-stream-splicer

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Summary

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