How To Install node-ini on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ini on Ubuntu 20.04. node-ini is ini format parser and serializer for Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-ini

node-ini is:

Read, manipulate and write ini files. Sections are treated as nested objects. Items before the first heading are saved on the object directly.

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

There are three methods to install node-ini 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-ini 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-ini using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-ini

Install node-ini Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-ini

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-ini

How To Uninstall node-ini on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-ini

Uninstall node-ini And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ini

Remove node-ini Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ini

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

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

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

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Summary

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