How To Install node-tar on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tar on Ubuntu 20.04. node-tar is read and write portable tar archives module for Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-tar

node-tar is:

node-tar is able to read and write tar archives generated by bsdtar, gnutar, solaris posix tar, and “Schilly” tar. node-tar is a well-tested essential piece of software for npm, the Node.js package manager.

This package includes components: chownr, minipass, fs-minipass, minizlib.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-tar

Install node-tar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-tar

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-tar

How To Uninstall node-tar on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove node-tar

Uninstall node-tar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tar

Remove node-tar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-tar

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

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

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

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Summary

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