How To Install node-thenify on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-thenify on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-thenify
node-thenify is:
Some features of this module:
- Preserves function names
- Uses a native promise implementation if available and tries to fall back to a promise implementation such as bluebird
- Converts multiple arguments from the callback into an Array, also support change the behavior by options.multiArgs
- Resulting function never deoptimizes
- Supports both callback and promise style An added benefit is that thrown errors in that async function will be caught by the promise!
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-thenify 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-thenify 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-thenify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-thenify
Install node-thenify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-thenify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-thenify
Install node-thenify 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-thenify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-thenify
How To Uninstall node-thenify on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-thenify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-thenify
Uninstall node-thenify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-thenify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-thenify
Remove node-thenify Configurations and Data
To remove node-thenify configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-thenify
Remove node-thenify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-thenify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-thenify
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-thenify package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
