How To Install node-strip-json-comments on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-strip-json-comments on Ubuntu 18.04. node-strip-json-comments is Node.js module to strip comments from JSON

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-strip-json-comments on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-strip-json-comments

node-strip-json-comments is:

This module and command-line client will let you strip comments from your JSON files.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-strip-json-comments

Install node-strip-json-comments Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-strip-json-comments

Install node-strip-json-comments 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-strip-json-comments using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-strip-json-comments

How To Uninstall node-strip-json-comments on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-strip-json-comments package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-strip-json-comments

Uninstall node-strip-json-comments And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-strip-json-comments

Remove node-strip-json-comments Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-strip-json-comments

Remove node-strip-json-comments configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-strip-json-comments

References

Summary

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