How To Install node-unicode-tr51 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-unicode-tr51 on Ubuntu 18.04. node-unicode-tr51 is Emoji data for Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-unicode-tr51 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is node-unicode-tr51

node-unicode-tr51 is:

This module provides the emoji data extracted from Unicode Technical Report #51. An emoji is an ideogram, also known as smiley or emoticon, and serves to convey an emotional meaning in a textual setting, which is going to be added to unicode.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-unicode-tr51 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-unicode-tr51 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-unicode-tr51 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-unicode-tr51

Install node-unicode-tr51 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-unicode-tr51 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-unicode-tr51

Install node-unicode-tr51 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-unicode-tr51 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-unicode-tr51

How To Uninstall node-unicode-tr51 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the node-unicode-tr51 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-unicode-tr51

Uninstall node-unicode-tr51 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-unicode-tr51 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-unicode-tr51

Remove node-unicode-tr51 Configurations and Data

To remove node-unicode-tr51 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-unicode-tr51

Remove node-unicode-tr51 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-unicode-tr51 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-unicode-tr51

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-unicode-tr51 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.