How To Install node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin 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-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin on Ubuntu.

What is `node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin`

node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin is:

This plugin uses UglifyJS v3 API (uglify-es) to minify your JavaScript.

Note that webpack contains the same plugin under webpack.optimize.UglifyJsPlugin. This is a standalone version for those that want to control the version of UglifyJS. The documentation is valid apart from the installation instructions in that case.

uglify-es is repalced with terser in Debian (uglify-es is unmaintained).

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

Install node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

Install node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin 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-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

How To Uninstall node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

Uninstall node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

Remove node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

Remove node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin

Dependencies

node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

node-uglifyjs-webpack-plugin website

Summary

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