How To Install node-sane 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-sane on Ubuntu.

What is `node-sane`

node-sane is:

Sane aims to be fast, small, and reliable file system watcher. It does that by:

By default stays away from fs polling because it’s very slow and cpu intensive
Uses fs.watch by default and sensibly works around the various issues
Maintains a consistent API across different platforms
Where fs.watch is not reliable you have the choice of using the following alternatives:
the facebook watchman library (embedded)
the watchexec library (embedded)
polling

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-sane

Install node-sane Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-sane

Install node-sane 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-sane using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-sane

How To Uninstall node-sane on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove node-sane

Uninstall node-sane And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sane

Remove node-sane Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-sane

Remove node-sane configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sane

Dependencies

node-sane have the following dependencies:

References

node-sane website

Summary

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