Install and Uninstall NodeJS in Ubuntu

Today we will be going through the steps to install and uninstall NodeJS in Ubuntu operating system.

Install NodeJS in Ubuntu:

To begin with the installation process you will need to first add the NodeJS PPA to Ubuntu for which you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

Once the install execution is successfully completed, execute the following command to install the NodeJS in Ubuntu:

Execute the following to update the apt-get repo:

sudo apt update

To begin the NodeJS installation, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get install nodejs

Executing this command will have the NodeJS installed in your machine and you can verify it by checking the NodeJS version number:

node -v

NodeJS version number will be displayed like the following:

Uninstall NodeJS from Ubuntu:

Just executing the following command will remove the NodeJS from the Ubuntu OS:

sudo apt-get remove nodejs

This will remove the NodeJS package:

To remove both the NodeJS and its associated configuration files, execute the following command:

sudo apt-get purge nodejs

To clear up the disk space by removing the unused files of the NodeJS, execute the following:

sudo apt-get autoremove

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