How To Install node-cheerio 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-cheerio on Ubuntu.
What is node-cheerio
node-cheerio is:
Node-js module providing a tiny, fast, flexible and elegant implementation of core jQuery designed specifically for the server.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-cheerio 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-cheerio 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-cheerio using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-cheerio
Install node-cheerio Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-cheerio using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-cheerio
Install node-cheerio 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-cheerio using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-cheerio
How To Uninstall node-cheerio on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-cheerio package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-cheerio
Uninstall node-cheerio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-cheerio and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cheerio
Remove node-cheerio Configurations and Data
To remove node-cheerio configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-cheerio
Remove node-cheerio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-cheerio configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cheerio
Dependencies
node-cheerio have the following dependencies:
- node-css-select
- node-css-what
- node-dom-serializer
- node-domelementtype
- node-domhandler
- node-domutils
- node-entities
- node-htmlparser2
- node-jsdom
- node-tslib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cheerio package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.