How To Install node-websocket on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-websocket
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is node-websocket
node-websocket is:
An implementation of the WebSocket API for NodeJS.
WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the IETF as RFC 6455.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-websocket
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-websocket 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-websocket
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-websocket
Install node-websocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-websocket
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-websocket
Install node-websocket 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-websocket
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-websocket
How To Uninstall node-websocket on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the node-websocket
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-websocket
Uninstall node-websocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-websocket
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-websocket
Remove node-websocket Configurations and Data
To remove node-websocket
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-websocket
Remove node-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-websocket
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-websocket
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-websocket
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.