How to Install and Uninstall node-gyp Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "node-gyp" package

Please follow the guidance below to install node-gyp on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall node-gyp on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: node-gyp
Architecture: all
Version: 7.1.2-4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 132
Provides: node-node-gyp (= 7.1.2-4)
Depends: gyp (>= 0.1+20200513gitcaa6002), libnode-dev, node-glob, node-graceful-fs, node-mkdirp, node-nopt, node-npmlog, node-osenv, node-rimraf, node-semver (>= 7), node-tar, node-which, nodejs
Recommends: build-essential, node-request
Filename: pool/universe/n/node-gyp/node-gyp_7.1.2-4_all.deb
Size: 33708
MD5sum: e111a8de4c25ed7f5cdf4adc8aa9f0ea
SHA1: 9a06ec98a84df6567a896067aeb5178cbbf27fd6
SHA256: 7153160e7eacf4693c803d8f9e0b443dfd534e7a67a824e80bdd5decb7339fcd
SHA512: 3160546367eadb652a2484d0867c84dbb39e4d476923e2de1ce88914b178a8e6597e598260371d0fda38ec76faa06248b7221af98b1ae068851462db1f3139df
Homepage: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp
Description-en: Native addon build tool for Node.js
node-gyp is a cross-platform command-line tool written in Node.js
for compiling native addon modules for Node.js.
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It features :
* Easy to use, consistent interface
* Same commands to build a module on every platform
* Support of multiple target versions of Node.js
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Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
Description-md5: 9504a6e103c40d9c3dcd703bb54d5b8a