How To Install node-type-detect on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-type-detect on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-type-detect
node-type-detect is:
Type Detect is a module which you can use to detect the type of a given object. It returns a string representation of the object’s type, either using typeof or @@toStringTag.
It also normalizes some object names for consistency among browsers.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-type-detect 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-type-detect 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-type-detect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-type-detect
Install node-type-detect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-type-detect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-type-detect
Install node-type-detect 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-type-detect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-type-detect
How To Uninstall node-type-detect on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-type-detect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-type-detect
Uninstall node-type-detect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-type-detect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-type-detect
Remove node-type-detect Configurations and Data
To remove node-type-detect configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-type-detect
Remove node-type-detect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-type-detect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-type-detect
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-type-detect package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
