How To Install node-ip-address 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-ip-address on Ubuntu.

What is node-ip-address

node-ip-address is:

ip-address is a library for validating and manipulating IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in JavaScript.

• Parsing of all IPv6 notations
• Parsing of IPv6 addresses and ports from URLs with ‘Address6.fromURL(url)’
• Validity checking
• Decoding of the Teredo information in an address
• Whether one address is a valid subnet of another
• What special properties a given address has (multicast prefix, unique local address prefix, etc.)
• Number of subnets of a certain size in a given address
• Display methods
  • Hex, binary, and decimal
  • Canonical form
  • Correct form
  • IPv4-compatible (i.e. ‘::ffff:192.168.0.1’)
• Works in node and the browser (with browserify)
• ~1,600 test cases

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-ip-address

Install node-ip-address Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-ip-address

Install node-ip-address 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-ip-address using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-ip-address

How To Uninstall node-ip-address on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove node-ip-address

Uninstall node-ip-address And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ip-address

Remove node-ip-address Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ip-address

Remove node-ip-address configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ip-address

Dependencies

node-ip-address have the following dependencies:

• node-jsbn
• node-sprintf-js

References

• node-ip-address website

Summary

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