How to Install and Uninstall nodejs Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nodejs" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install nodejs on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nodejs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nodejs" package

Learn how to uninstall nodejs on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: nodejs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18063
Provides: nodejs-abi-57
Depends: libc-ares2 (>= 1.11.0~rc1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libhttp-parser2.7.1 (>= 2.7.1), libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.25.0), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.2~beta3), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libuv1 (>= 1.18.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Replaces: nodejs-legacy
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs_8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 4795940
MD5sum: 0e6643fbe872255dbfaebd5449813d8f
SHA1: 85bbf81a9a88206c1859c25f39c8ae07aca5cb2c
SHA256: 1b06904254e887bd17961338818f3d2f1fb9ffd0ebaf63ed869dc19942bf9951
SHA512: b2eb62cd8e08c93eb07513b7ee517037ab6d4af3d6941015eb92f96fb8ada3db02a967de99cea72e225f33428dfaf1d79fee108c1432e4bcc7077203ec58ef7a
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript
Description-md5: e507fb472d7cdaceffc5b285a62d5c1b
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Supported: 3y

Package: nodejs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18063
Provides: nodejs-abi-57
Depends: libc-ares2 (>= 1.11.0~rc1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libhttp-parser2.7.1 (>= 2.7.1), libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.25.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libuv1 (>= 1.18.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Replaces: nodejs-legacy
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs_8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 4797484
MD5sum: 02d7a42a30a7d72b78d9bc4a7ceb5a5a
SHA1: df2bd1f78494d0405e401d6532742f44fb1125c5
SHA256: 527dfa99c997cb626a4886e4a9c2f014913898d5a6caadc6e0643070fcf20e13
SHA512: a8e71596a90b1c65d5d60aaf61102571505248c307efeceffc0c31a463d0d800bbc0cde7a5fa0158713b48fabf43f43d65cc19da18049bcabc6277ef65acb477
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript
Description-md5: e507fb472d7cdaceffc5b285a62d5c1b
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Supported: 3y

Package: nodejs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.10.0~dfsg-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 18062
Provides: nodejs-abi-57
Depends: libc-ares2 (>= 1.11.0~rc1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.4), libhttp-parser2.7.1 (>= 2.7.1), libicu60 (>= 60.1-1~), libnghttp2-14 (>= 1.25.0), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libuv1 (>= 1.18.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Replaces: nodejs-legacy
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs_8.10.0~dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 4797508
MD5sum: 3930b41c309e69cc0bd3737cfc1e7d31
SHA1: 7112de115d7a6a904734d247e88e9350a3d5e468
SHA256: e3f846e1919556e78d82ebb43aa35f795b9aed28101ae1c4ca1cc6328cacd6af
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript
Description-md5: e507fb472d7cdaceffc5b285a62d5c1b
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Supported: 3y