How To Install node-validator on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-validator on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-validator
node-validator is:
This library provides various Javascript string validation utilities. For example, check whether a given string is a valid email or URL, or valid JSON. There are also routines to sanitize strings, e.g. trim whitespace or convert to different types.
This package contains the version for Node.js.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-validator 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-validator 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-validator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-validator
Install node-validator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-validator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-validator
Install node-validator 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-validator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-validator
How To Uninstall node-validator on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-validator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-validator
Uninstall node-validator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-validator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-validator
Remove node-validator Configurations and Data
To remove node-validator configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-validator
Remove node-validator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-validator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-validator
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-validator package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
