How To Install node-xdg-basedir on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-xdg-basedir on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is node-xdg-basedir
node-xdg-basedir is:
It supports retrieving user specific paths for data files, configuration files, non-essential data files, non-essential runtime files and other file objects (such as sockets, named pipes, etc). Properties: data, config, cache, runtime, dataDirs, configDirs.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-xdg-basedir 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-xdg-basedir 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-xdg-basedir using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-xdg-basedir
Install node-xdg-basedir Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-xdg-basedir using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-xdg-basedir
Install node-xdg-basedir 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-xdg-basedir using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-xdg-basedir
How To Uninstall node-xdg-basedir on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the node-xdg-basedir package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-xdg-basedir
Uninstall node-xdg-basedir And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-xdg-basedir and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-xdg-basedir
Remove node-xdg-basedir Configurations and Data
To remove node-xdg-basedir configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-xdg-basedir
Remove node-xdg-basedir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-xdg-basedir configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-xdg-basedir
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-xdg-basedir package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
