How To Install node-browserslist on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 380 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browserslist on Ubuntu.
What is node-browserslist
node-browserslist is:
This module can be used to share browsers list between different front-end tools, like Autoprefixer, Stylelint and babel-env-preset.
Developers set browsers list in queries like ’last 2 version’ to be free from updating browser versions manually. Browserslist will use ‘Can I Use’ data for this queries.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-browserslist 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-browserslist 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-browserslist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-browserslist
Install node-browserslist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-browserslist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-browserslist
Install node-browserslist 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-browserslist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-browserslist
How To Uninstall node-browserslist on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-browserslist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-browserslist
Uninstall node-browserslist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-browserslist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-browserslist
Remove node-browserslist Configurations and Data
To remove node-browserslist configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-browserslist
Remove node-browserslist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-browserslist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-browserslist
Dependencies
node-browserslist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-browserslist package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.