How To Install node-use on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-use on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-use
node-use is:
Easily add plugin support to your node.js application. It is a different take on plugin handling. This is not a middleware system
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-use 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-use 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-use using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-use
Install node-use Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-use using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-use
Install node-use 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-use using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-use
How To Uninstall node-use on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-use package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-use
Uninstall node-use And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-use and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-use
Remove node-use Configurations and Data
To remove node-use configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-use
Remove node-use configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-use configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-use
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-use package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
