How To Install node-webfinger on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webfinger on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-webfinger
node-webfinger is:
This library implements Node.js client support for:
- XRD documents
- JRD documents
- host-meta
- host-meta.json
- http and https
- RFC 6415 and the upcoming Webfinger RFC (up to draft 09)
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-webfinger 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-webfinger 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-webfinger using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-webfinger
Install node-webfinger Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-webfinger using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-webfinger
Install node-webfinger 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-webfinger using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-webfinger
How To Uninstall node-webfinger on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-webfinger package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-webfinger
Uninstall node-webfinger And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-webfinger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-webfinger
Remove node-webfinger Configurations and Data
To remove node-webfinger configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-webfinger
Remove node-webfinger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-webfinger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-webfinger
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webfinger package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
