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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "nodejs-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install nodejs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install nodejs-dev

2. Uninstall "nodejs-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall nodejs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove nodejs-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the nodejs-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: nodejs-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Source: nodejs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1378
Depends: python, libssl1.0-dev (>= 1.0.2), libuv1-dev (>= 1.15.0), nodejs (= 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4)
Suggests: debhelper
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs-dev_8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.4_amd64.deb
Size: 351224
MD5sum: 8a3996a39f55ac039657d32e63b6b0da
SHA1: 15c77646b511913a38b8a1d58842901842bfac8d
SHA256: 4a1ee92f55d9fa2ad28a147df895ddfb41e7db48fb29100e93048b56bcf6b5ee
SHA512: 559cce1756f5fc03bcb34ce3cf738452fbe636f1e775c4e8cc521bcb521d169adc06f7b79c96f2b5cd0f5a8c8aa8432d1690b2ff85497c13b815dd9acf238370
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript (development files)
Description-md5: 80f21f18dc84266acebc6380c27c1a79
Supported: 3y

Package: nodejs-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Source: nodejs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1378
Depends: python, libssl-dev (>= 1.0.2), libuv1-dev (>= 1.15.0), nodejs (= 8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2)
Suggests: debhelper
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs-dev_8.10.0~dfsg-2ubuntu0.2_amd64.deb
Size: 351060
MD5sum: fe03279eb89c8fdac58e1ae4bbc900e3
SHA1: a8f21adbd5f410cbbbd76e4a75c9632a21180fc9
SHA256: 734d7d50ceb1bfce7b2c98f1a54d37c5d640858d18b10ec39fc19396297a7854
SHA512: 9bb1f7bff6029174f532af7a1bae84e015f6b311753e05918baebc927a7a676e2bf2b44f05d795731f8deb48546e4dc3726580bacd3ccd90130669653d2170f9
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript (development files)
Description-md5: 80f21f18dc84266acebc6380c27c1a79
Supported: 3y

Package: nodejs-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8.10.0~dfsg-2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Source: nodejs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1377
Depends: python, libssl-dev (>= 1.0.2), libuv1-dev (>= 1.15.0), nodejs (= 8.10.0~dfsg-2)
Suggests: debhelper
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs-dev_8.10.0~dfsg-2_amd64.deb
Size: 315240
MD5sum: 8cad6e4eb1513340d093003a4810d96d
SHA1: 7b94ba488eecb528e1655f0c87ab31eeb205278a
SHA256: 12c0717ff331e461ac688100913a559dfa50ed5d6c5f7b49f7558b2a79dcb6e6
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript (development files)
Description-md5: 80f21f18dc84266acebc6380c27c1a79
Supported: 3y

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