How To Install node-uniq on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-uniq on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-uniq
node-uniq is:
Why use this instead of underscore.uniq[ue]? A few reasons:
- This library updates the array in place without making an extra copy (and so it is faster for large arrays)
- It also accepts a custom comparison function so you can remove duplicates from arrays containing object
- It is more modular in the sense that it doesn’t come with a bazillion other utility grab bag functions.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-uniq 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-uniq 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-uniq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-uniq
Install node-uniq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-uniq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-uniq
Install node-uniq 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-uniq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-uniq
How To Uninstall node-uniq on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-uniq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-uniq
Uninstall node-uniq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-uniq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-uniq
Remove node-uniq Configurations and Data
To remove node-uniq configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-uniq
Remove node-uniq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-uniq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-uniq
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-uniq package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
