How To Install node-fd-slicer 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-fd-slicer on Ubuntu.
What is node-fd-slicer
node-fd-slicer is:
This module provides an API for creating multiple ReadStreams or WriteStreams from the same file descriptor.
The official Node.js API docs say that it is unsafe to use fs.write multiple times on the same file without waiting for the callback. This module solves this problem.
fd-slicer also provides additional features that builtin fs.createWriteStream is lacking, such as progress events and setting a maximum size to write.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-fd-slicer 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-fd-slicer 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-fd-slicer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-fd-slicer
Install node-fd-slicer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-fd-slicer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-fd-slicer
Install node-fd-slicer 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-fd-slicer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-fd-slicer
How To Uninstall node-fd-slicer on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-fd-slicer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-fd-slicer
Uninstall node-fd-slicer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-fd-slicer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-fd-slicer
Remove node-fd-slicer Configurations and Data
To remove node-fd-slicer configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-fd-slicer
Remove node-fd-slicer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-fd-slicer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-fd-slicer
Dependencies
node-fd-slicer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fd-slicer package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.