How To Install node-tar-pack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tar-pack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-tar-pack
node-tar-pack is:
Handle modules tarballs with sane defaults. Pack filters out paths listed in .gitignore and other unwanted hidden files that can be found in a source directory. The resulting tarball should be extractable by npm, the Node.js package manager. Unpack fixes permissions and allows setting custom ownership.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-tar-pack 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-tar-pack 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-tar-pack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-tar-pack
Install node-tar-pack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tar-pack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-tar-pack
Install node-tar-pack 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-tar-pack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-tar-pack
How To Uninstall node-tar-pack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-tar-pack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-tar-pack
Uninstall node-tar-pack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-tar-pack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tar-pack
Remove node-tar-pack Configurations and Data
To remove node-tar-pack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-tar-pack
Remove node-tar-pack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-tar-pack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-tar-pack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tar-pack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
