How to Install and Uninstall node-gyp Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 03,2024

1. Install "node-gyp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install node-gyp on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                node-gyp
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "node-gyp" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall node-gyp on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                node-gyp
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the node-gyp package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: node-gyp
Architecture: all
Version: 3.6.2-1ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 111
Depends: nodejs, nodejs-dev, gyp (>= 0.1+20150913git1f374df9), node-fstream, node-glob, node-graceful-fs (>= 2), node-minimatch, node-mkdirp, node-nopt (>= 2), node-npmlog, node-osenv, node-request, node-rimraf, node-semver (>= 2.1), node-tar, node-which
Recommends: build-essential
Filename: pool/universe/n/node-gyp/node-gyp_3.6.2-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 29444
MD5sum: 8fb0ae20a8600992789ccf597c71d53d
SHA1: 277ca4ae0b00f97b047e062de08e8b02e9383f0b
SHA256: 48d73184063e66494d0c7fab9e210ecf6c40abb88278adc9c28e861858e24bad
Homepage: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp
Description: Native addon build tool for Node.js
Description-md5: 79e000d65d6679894607853135417a5f