How To Install node-bignumber on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bignumber on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-bignumber
node-bignumber is:
Features:
- Faster, smaller, and perhaps easier to use than Javascript versions of
Java's BigDecimal
- 5 KB minified and gzipped
- Simple API but full-featured
- Works with numbers with or without fraction digits in bases from 2 to 36
inclusive
- Replicates the toExponential, toFixed, toPrecision and toString methods of
Javascript's Number type
- Includes a toFraction and a squareRoot method
- Stores values in an accessible decimal floating point format
- No dependencies
- Comprehensive documentation and test set
If an even smaller and simpler library is required see big.js. It’s half the size but only works with decimal numbers and only has half the methods. It neither allows NaN or Infinity, or have the configuration options of this library.
This package provides bignumber support to Node.js.
There are three methods to install node-bignumber 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-bignumber 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-bignumber using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-bignumber
Install node-bignumber Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-bignumber using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-bignumber
Install node-bignumber 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-bignumber using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-bignumber
How To Uninstall node-bignumber on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-bignumber package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-bignumber
Uninstall node-bignumber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-bignumber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bignumber
Remove node-bignumber Configurations and Data
To remove node-bignumber configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-bignumber
Remove node-bignumber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-bignumber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-bignumber
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bignumber package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
