How To Install node-yargs 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-yargs on Ubuntu.

What is `node-yargs`

node-yargs is:

Yargs helps you build interactive command line tools by parsing arguments and generating an elegant user interface.

Yargs gives you:

commands and (grouped) options (like module run -n –force),
a dynamically generated help menu based on your arguments,
bash-completion shortcuts for commands and options.

With yargs, ye be havin’ a map that leads straight to yer treasure! Treasure of course, being a simple option hash.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-yargs

Install node-yargs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-yargs

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-yargs

How To Uninstall node-yargs on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove node-yargs

Uninstall node-yargs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-yargs

Remove node-yargs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-yargs

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-yargs have the following dependencies:

References

node-yargs website

Summary

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