How To Install node-webfinger on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webfinger
on Ubuntu 20.04.
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 20.04. 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 20.04
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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.