How To Install node-which on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-which on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is node-which
node-which is:
node-which finds the first instance of a specified executable in the PATH environment variable, simulating the behaviour of the standard “which” program. node-which supports all platforms supported by Node.js.
This is the module only, the binary being totally useless.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-which 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-which 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-which using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-which
Install node-which Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-which using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-which
Install node-which 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-which using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-which
How To Uninstall node-which on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the node-which package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-which
Uninstall node-which And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-which and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-which
Remove node-which Configurations and Data
To remove node-which configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-which
Remove node-which configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-which configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-which
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-which package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
