How To Install node-addressparser on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-addressparser on Ubuntu 20.04. node-addressparser is Node.js library to parse e-mail addresses

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-addressparser on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is node-addressparser

node-addressparser is:

Parse e-mail address fields. Input can be a single address (“[email protected]”), a formatted address (“Andris Reinman [email protected]”), a comma separated list of addresses (“[email protected], [email protected]”), an address group (“disclosed-recipients:[email protected];”) or a mix of all the formats.

In addition to comma the semicolon is treated as the list delimiter as well (except when used in the group syntax), so a value “[email protected]; [email protected]” is identical to “[email protected], [email protected]”.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-addressparser on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-addressparser 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-addressparser using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-addressparser

Install node-addressparser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-addressparser using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-addressparser

Install node-addressparser 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-addressparser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-addressparser

How To Uninstall node-addressparser on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the node-addressparser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-addressparser

Uninstall node-addressparser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-addressparser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-addressparser

Remove node-addressparser Configurations and Data

To remove node-addressparser configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-addressparser

Remove node-addressparser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-addressparser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-addressparser

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-addressparser package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.