How To Install node-anymatch on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-anymatch on Ubuntu.
What is node-anymatch
node-anymatch is:
Javascript module to match a string against a regular expression, glob, string, or function that takes the string as an argument and returns a truthy or falsy value. The matcher can also be an array of any or all of these. Useful for allowing a very flexible user-defined config to define things like file paths.
It is a dependency for ava, a futuristic test-runner
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-anymatch on Ubuntu. 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-anymatch 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-anymatch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-anymatch
Install node-anymatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-anymatch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-anymatch
Install node-anymatch 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-anymatch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-anymatch
How To Uninstall node-anymatch on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-anymatch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-anymatch
Uninstall node-anymatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-anymatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-anymatch
Remove node-anymatch Configurations and Data
To remove node-anymatch configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-anymatch
Remove node-anymatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-anymatch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-anymatch
Dependencies
node-anymatch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-anymatch package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.