How To Install node-tar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tar
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-tar
node-tar is:
node-tar is able to read and write tar archives generated by bsdtar, gnutar, solaris posix tar, and “Schilly” tar. node-tar is a well-tested essential piece of software for npm, the Node.js package manager.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-tar
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 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-tar
Install node-tar Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tar
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-tar
Install node-tar 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
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-tar
How To Uninstall node-tar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-tar
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-tar
Uninstall node-tar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-tar
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
Remove node-tar Configurations and Data
To remove node-tar
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-tar
Remove node-tar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-tar
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-tar
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tar
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.