How To Install nodejs-mozilla on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-mozilla on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is nodejs-mozilla
nodejs-mozilla is:
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Node.js is bundled with several useful libraries to handle server tasks:
System, Events, Standard I/O, Modules, Timers, Child Processes, POSIX, HTTP, Multipart Parsing, TCP, DNS, Assert, Path, URL, Query Strings.
There are three methods to install nodejs-mozilla 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 nodejs-mozilla Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nodejs-mozilla using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nodejs-mozilla
Install nodejs-mozilla Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nodejs-mozilla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nodejs-mozilla
Install nodejs-mozilla 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 nodejs-mozilla using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nodejs-mozilla
How To Uninstall nodejs-mozilla on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the nodejs-mozilla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nodejs-mozilla
Uninstall nodejs-mozilla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nodejs-mozilla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nodejs-mozilla
Remove nodejs-mozilla Configurations and Data
To remove nodejs-mozilla configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nodejs-mozilla
Remove nodejs-mozilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nodejs-mozilla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nodejs-mozilla
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-mozilla package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
