How To Install node-lynx on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 390 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-lynx on Ubuntu.
What is node-lynx
node-lynx is:
Lynx is a minimalistic node.js client for the statsd server.
Features:
- Minimalistic — there is only a minimum of abstraction between you and statsd
- Streams — You can stream in and out of a lynx connection
- Re-usable UDP Connections — Keeps UDP connections open for a certain time
- Errors — Pluggable error handling, by default errors are ignored
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-lynx 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-lynx 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-lynx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-lynx
Install node-lynx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-lynx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-lynx
Install node-lynx 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-lynx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-lynx
How To Uninstall node-lynx on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-lynx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-lynx
Uninstall node-lynx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-lynx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-lynx
Remove node-lynx Configurations and Data
To remove node-lynx configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-lynx
Remove node-lynx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-lynx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-lynx
Dependencies
node-lynx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-lynx package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.