How To Install node-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 on Ubuntu.

What is `node-sqlite3`

node-sqlite3 is:

node-sqlite3 provides asynchronous, non-blocking SQLite3 bindings for Node.js. Its features are:

straightforward query and parameter binding interface;
full Buffer/Blob support;
extensive debugging support;
query serialization API;
extension support.

Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.

There are three methods to install node-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-sqlite3

Install node-sqlite3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-sqlite3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-sqlite3

Install node-sqlite3 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-sqlite3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-sqlite3

How To Uninstall node-sqlite3 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the node-sqlite3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-sqlite3

Uninstall node-sqlite3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-sqlite3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sqlite3

Remove node-sqlite3 Configurations and Data

To remove node-sqlite3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-sqlite3

Remove node-sqlite3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-sqlite3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sqlite3

Dependencies

node-sqlite3 have the following dependencies:

References

node-sqlite3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sqlite3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.