How To Install node-chokidar 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-chokidar on Ubuntu.

What is `node-chokidar`

node-chokidar is:

Chokidar does still rely on the Node.js core fs module, but when using fs.watch and fs.watchFile for watching, it normalizes the events it receives, often checking for truth by getting file stats and/or dir contents.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-chokidar

Install node-chokidar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-chokidar

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-chokidar

How To Uninstall node-chokidar on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove node-chokidar

Uninstall node-chokidar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-chokidar

Remove node-chokidar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-chokidar

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-chokidar have the following dependencies:

References

node-chokidar website

Summary

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