How To Install node-path-dirname on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 341 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-path-dirname on Ubuntu.
What is node-path-dirname
node-path-dirname is:
This was needed in order to expose path.posix.dirname() on Node.js v0.10
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-path-dirname 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-path-dirname 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-path-dirname using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-path-dirname
Install node-path-dirname Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-path-dirname using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-path-dirname
Install node-path-dirname 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-path-dirname using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-path-dirname
How To Uninstall node-path-dirname on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the node-path-dirname package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-path-dirname
Uninstall node-path-dirname And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-path-dirname and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-path-dirname
Remove node-path-dirname Configurations and Data
To remove node-path-dirname configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-path-dirname
Remove node-path-dirname configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-path-dirname configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-path-dirname
Dependencies
node-path-dirname have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-path-dirname package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.