How To Install node-wide-align on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-wide-align on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-wide-align
node-wide-align is:
Wide-character aware text alignment function for use on the console or with fixed width fonts.
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-wide-align 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-wide-align 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-wide-align using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-wide-align
Install node-wide-align Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-wide-align using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-wide-align
Install node-wide-align 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-wide-align using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-wide-align
How To Uninstall node-wide-align on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-wide-align package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-wide-align
Uninstall node-wide-align And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-wide-align and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-wide-align
Remove node-wide-align Configurations and Data
To remove node-wide-align configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-wide-align
Remove node-wide-align configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-wide-align configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-wide-align
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-wide-align package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
