How To Install node-lru-cache on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-lru-cache on Ubuntu 20.04. node-lru-cache is least-recently-used cache object for Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-lru-cache

node-lru-cache is:

A cache object that deletes the least-recently-used items. This is the Node.js module.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-lru-cache

Install node-lru-cache Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-lru-cache

Install node-lru-cache 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-lru-cache using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-lru-cache

How To Uninstall node-lru-cache on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-lru-cache

Uninstall node-lru-cache And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-lru-cache

Remove node-lru-cache Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-lru-cache

Remove node-lru-cache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-lru-cache

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Summary

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