How To Install node-webpack-sources on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webpack-sources on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-webpack-sources
node-webpack-sources is:
This library contains multiple classes which represent a
Source. ASourcecan be asked for source code, size, source map and hash.
This library is a dependency for webpack. Webpack takes code targeted at node.js and makes it run in the browser. Node.js comes with API of its own that is not available in the browsers. Webpack exposes this code to programs that are unaware they are running in a browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-webpack-sources 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-webpack-sources 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-webpack-sources using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-webpack-sources
Install node-webpack-sources Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-webpack-sources using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-webpack-sources
Install node-webpack-sources 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-webpack-sources using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-webpack-sources
How To Uninstall node-webpack-sources on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-webpack-sources package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-webpack-sources
Uninstall node-webpack-sources And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-webpack-sources and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-webpack-sources
Remove node-webpack-sources Configurations and Data
To remove node-webpack-sources configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-webpack-sources
Remove node-webpack-sources configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-webpack-sources configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-webpack-sources
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-webpack-sources package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
