How To Install node-shelljs on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-shelljs on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-shelljs
node-shelljs is:
ShellJS is a portable (Windows/Linux/OS X) implementation of Unix shell commands on top of the Node.js API. You can use it to eliminate your shell script’s dependency on Unix while still keeping its familiar and powerful commands. You can also install it globally so you can run it from outside Node projects - say goodbye to those gnarly Bash scripts!
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-shelljs 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-shelljs 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-shelljs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-shelljs
Install node-shelljs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-shelljs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-shelljs
Install node-shelljs 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-shelljs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-shelljs
How To Uninstall node-shelljs on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-shelljs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-shelljs
Uninstall node-shelljs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-shelljs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-shelljs
Remove node-shelljs Configurations and Data
To remove node-shelljs configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-shelljs
Remove node-shelljs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-shelljs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-shelljs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-shelljs package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
