How To Install node-tap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-tap
node-tap is:
Utilities for writing test harnesses complying with TAP output format.
TAP is a simple text-based interface between testing modules implemented in many popular languages.
This package includes leaf package node-bind-obj-methods, node-fs-exists-cached, node-function-loop, node-own-or, node-own-or-env, node-trivial-deferred, node-tsame, node-yapool
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-tap 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-tap 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-tap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-tap
Install node-tap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-tap
Install node-tap 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-tap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-tap
How To Uninstall node-tap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-tap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-tap
Uninstall node-tap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-tap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tap
Remove node-tap Configurations and Data
To remove node-tap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-tap
Remove node-tap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-tap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-tap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
