How To Install node-eventemitter3 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-eventemitter3 on Ubuntu.
What is node-eventemitter3
node-eventemitter3 is:
EventEmitter3 has been micro-optimized for various code paths making this, one of, if not the fastest EventEmitter available for Node.js and browsers. The module is API compatible with the EventEmitter that ships by default with Node.js but there are some slight differences.
It is a drop in replacement for existing EventEmitters, but just faster. The EventEmitter is written in EcmaScript 3 so it will work in the oldest browsers and node versions that one might need to support.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-eventemitter3 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-eventemitter3 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-eventemitter3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-eventemitter3
Install node-eventemitter3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-eventemitter3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-eventemitter3
Install node-eventemitter3 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-eventemitter3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-eventemitter3
How To Uninstall node-eventemitter3 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-eventemitter3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-eventemitter3
Uninstall node-eventemitter3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-eventemitter3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-eventemitter3
Remove node-eventemitter3 Configurations and Data
To remove node-eventemitter3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-eventemitter3
Remove node-eventemitter3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-eventemitter3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-eventemitter3
Dependencies
node-eventemitter3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-eventemitter3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.