How To Install node-tmp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tmp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-tmp
node-tmp is:
The main difference between node-temp and node-tmp is that node-tmp more aggressively checks for the existence of the newly created temporary file and creates the new file with O_EXCL instead of simple O_CREAT | O_RDRW, so it is safer.
The API is slightly different as well, Tmp does not yet provide synchronous calls and all the parameters are optional.
Tmp uses crypto for determining random file names, or, when using templates, a six letter random identifier. And just in case that you do not have that much entropy left on your system, Tmp will fall back to pseudo random numbers.
You can set whether you want to remove the temporary file on process exit or not, and the destination directory can also be set.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-tmp 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-tmp 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-tmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-tmp
Install node-tmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-tmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-tmp
Install node-tmp 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-tmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-tmp
How To Uninstall node-tmp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-tmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-tmp
Uninstall node-tmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-tmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tmp
Remove node-tmp Configurations and Data
To remove node-tmp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-tmp
Remove node-tmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-tmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-tmp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tmp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
